proverb🔊

A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.

(obsolete) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

(obsolete) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

(obsolete) A drama exemplifying a proverb.

To write or utter proverbs.

To name in, or as, a proverb.

To provide with a proverb.