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Word entry · 7 letters

proverb

Best crossword clue

"Short wise saying"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɹɒvɜːb/Part of speech nounSorted beoprrvStarts with PEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

Word origin

From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: aphorism, maxim, adage, saw, saying, apothegm, byword, paroemia, sententia (Latin)
  • As a Yiddish proverb has it: Badarf men hunik ven tsuker iz zis? Who needs honey when sugar is sweet?
  • His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

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