Category:Proverbial

Pro*ver"bi*al, a. Etym: [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. In case of excesses, i take the german proverbial cure, by a hair of The same beast, to be the worst. Sir w. Temple.

2. Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "a proverbial Obscurity." Sir t. Browne.