proverbial

  • 31Proverbial name — may mean one of the following *Archetypal name *Proverbial name (Africa), a way of personal name formation in some African cultures …

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  • 32proverbial saying — index maxim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 33Proverbial phrase — A proverbial phrase or a proverbial expression is type of a conventional saying similar to proverb transmited by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the… …

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  • 34Proverbial name (Africa) — A proverbial name is a type of given name formation in some cultures of Africa. A proverbial name is a name which is a proverbial phrase or a phylosophical statement. An example from the Urhobo culture: Okeremute ( there is time for everything )… …

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  • 35PROVERBIAL — ALE. adj. Qui tient du proverbe. La conversation familière souffre les façons de parler proverbiales, les expressions proverbiales …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 36proverbial — pro|ver|bi|al [lat. proverbialis], pro|ver|bi|a|lisch, pro|ver|bi|ẹll <Adj.> (veraltet): sprichwörtlich …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 37proverbial — Synonyms and related words: accepted, acknowledged, aphoristic, apophthegmatic, apothegmatic, archetypal, axiomatic, common, commonly known, commonplace, crisp, current, epigrammatic, exemplary, familiar, formulaic, formulistic, gnomic, hackneyed …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38proverbial — pro|ver|bi|al Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …

    Diccionari Català-Català

  • 39proverbiál — adj. m. (sil. bi al), pl. proverbiáli; f. sg. proverbiálã, pl. proverbiále …

    Romanian orthography

  • 40proverbial — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. commonplace, axiomatic, current, general, unquestioned; see also common 1 , dull 4 , familiar 1 …

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