Definitions
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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01“Short wise saying”7 letters
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