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Dictionary Results for proverbial:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

proverbial
    adj 1: of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a
           proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the
           proverbial grasshopper"
    2: widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the
       proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy
       blonde"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Proverbial \Pro*ver"bi*al\, a. [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.
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            In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial
            cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Temple.
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   2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A
      proverbial obscurity." --Sir T. Browne.
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