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‖ parœmia Rhet.|pəˈriːmɪə|
[L., a. Gr. παροιµία by-word, proverb, f. πάροιµ-ος by the way, f. παρ(α- by + οἶµος way, road.]
A proverb, adage. Hence † paˈrœmial a. = parœmiac a. 1.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 80 Parœmia, called amongst vs an Adage, or common saying, as thus: Who so toucheth pitch, shal be defiled therewith. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie (Arb.) 199 Parimia, or Prouerb, or, as we vse to call them, old said sawes, as thus: As the olde cocke crowes so doeth the chick: A bad Cooke that cannot his owne fingers lick. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 292 Allegories..parabolary, ænigmatick or parœmial. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. To Rdr. 1, I take these eighteen Parœmial Effata's for unquestionable Axioms. |