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E-la :: E-la (n.) Originally, the highest note in the scale of Guido; hence, proverbially, any extravagant saying..

Paramiographer :: Paramiographer (n.) A collector or writer of proverbs.

Proverb :: Proverb (v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb..

Likeness :: Likeness (n.) A comparison; parable; proverb.

Parody :: Parody (n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb..

Adagial :: Adagial (a.) Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.

Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..

Feather :: Feather (n.) Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, Birds of a feather, that is, of the same species..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..

Diverb :: Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.

Maxim :: Maxim (n.) An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.

Rede :: Rede (n.) A word or phrase; a motto; a proverb; a wise saw.

Nayword :: Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword..

Proverbialism :: Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.

Soothsay :: Soothsay (n.) A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy.

Proverb :: Proverb (v. i.) To write or utter proverbs.

Proverbial :: Proverbial (a.) Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial..

Proverbialize :: Proverbialize (v. t. & i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.

Proverb :: Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage..

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