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Webster 1913 Edition
Proverbial
Pro-ver′bi-al
,Adj.
[L.
proverbialis
: cf. F. proverbial
.] 1.
Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known;
as, a
proverbial
expression; his meanness was proverbial
.In case of excesses, I take the German
proverbial
cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple.
2.
Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.
“A proverbial obscurity.” Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Proverbial
PROVERB'IAL
,Adj.
In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst in the world.
1.
Comprised in a proverb; used or current as a proverb; as a proverbial saying or speech.2.
Pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb; suitable to a proverb; as a proverbial obscurity.