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proverb

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See also:pro-verbandProverbs

English

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Etymology

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FromOld Frenchproverbe, fromLatinproverbium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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proverb (pluralproverbs)

  1. A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
    Coordinate terms:epigram,idiom;see alsoThesaurus:saying
    Near-synonyms:aphorism,maxim
  2. (obsolete) Astriking orparadoxical assertion; an obscuresaying; anenigma; aparable.
  3. (obsolete) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
  4. (obsolete) Adramaexemplifying a proverb.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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phrase expressing a basic truth

Verb

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proverb (third-person singular simple presentproverbs,present participleproverbing,simple past and past participleproverbed)

  1. To write or utter proverbs.
  2. To name in, or as, a proverb.
    • 1671, John Milton,Samson Agonistes, lines203–205:
      Am I not sung andproverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"
  3. To provide with a proverb.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition ofWebster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry forproverb”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinproverbium,Frenchproverbe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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proverb n (pluralproverbe)

  1. saying,proverb,maxim
    Synonyms:parimie,zicală,zicătoare
  2. (dated)proverb(drama exemplifying a proverb)

Declension

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Declension ofproverb
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeproverbproverbulproverbeproverbele
genitive-dativeproverbproverbuluiproverbeproverbelor
vocativeproverbuleproverbelor

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