proverbial

Meanings

• adjective

  Known or famous by reputation; often used with reference to a person, phrase, or thing.

  - "The school was proverbial for its rigorous academic standards."
  - "The proverbial elephant in the room was the topic everyone was avoiding."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with proverbial
delible , sensible , receptible , comprehensible , perceptible

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Variants

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proverbial , proverbially

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Etymology

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From Middle English proverbial, from proverb + -ial.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'proverbial' is derived from the Latin word 'proverbium', which means 'a saying, a proverb'.

2. Proverbial expressions have been used throughout history, dating back to ancient civilizations such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

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Related Concepts

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1. idiom: Proverbial is closely related to idioms as they both involve figurative language that often cannot be understood from their literal meaning.

2. cliché: Proverbial and clichés are related in that they both involve well-known phrases, but clichés are often criticized for being overused and lacking originality.

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Quotes

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1. Insanity roamed through her large midwestern tribe, cloistered in "proverbial" dark closets in gabled houses in areas of the country where no one else lived for miles and miles …

   - Lynne Tillman,{it}Motion Sickness{/it},1991

2. I keep running across people who speak fondly about what they imagine to be the comforts of autocracy, who long for the assurances of the "proverbial" man on the white horse likely to do something hard and puritanical about the moral relativism that has made a mess of the cities, the schools, and prime-time television.

   - Lewis H. Lapham,{it}Harper's{/it},November 1990

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Culture

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Proverbial is often used in literature, particularly in figurative language, to convey a sense of well-known or legendary status. For instance, in Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', Huckleberry Finn and Jim are described as 'the talk of the town' and 'proverbial' figures due to their adventures.

How to Memorize "proverbial"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a well-known or famous person, place, or thing to associate with the meaning of proverbial.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word proverbial with well-known or legendary figures, places, or things to help remember its meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: P - Proverbial: Known or famous by reputation.

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