proverbialadj.n.

Brit.

/prəˈvəːbɪəl/, U.S.

/prəˈvərbiəl/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s prouerbiall, 1500s proverbyall, 1500s–1600s prouerbial, 1500s– proverbial, 1600s proverbiall.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōverbiālis.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōverbiālis of the nature of a proverb (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also used or current as a proverb (1557 in the passage translated in quot. 1571 at sense A. 2) < prōverbium proverb n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French proverbial (1487 as adjective, 1556 in an apparently isolated attestation as noun in sense B. 2), and also (all as adjective) Catalan proverbial (13th cent.), Spanish proverbial (early 15th cent.), Portuguese proverbial (1572), Italian proverbiale (1560).

A. adj.

1. Resembling, characteristic of, or of the nature of a proverb; expressed in a proverb or proverbs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [adjective]

proverbial?a1475

paroemial1652

proverbed1788

paroemiac1820

?a1475 (?a1425) [implied in: tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl.) (1874) V. 55 Of whom hit was seide proverbially [L. de isto proverbium fuit] that his lyfe was lyke to his doctryne. (at proverbially adv. 1)].

c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1900) 104 309 (MED) Though appensis shewe hir largesse In this prouerbiall ditees sentence By addiciouns the matier encresse, I trust..It nat defouled is.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xviii. 507 b Jesus did vouchsafe to aunswere hym by a riddle and a prouerbiall saying.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes sig. A 4 ^v These Prouerbs and prouerbiall Phrases..haue onely been selected and stamped for the wise and not thee.

1608 Great Frost sig. B2 Say, have none gone westward for smelts (as our proverbial phrase is?)

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 98 Although proverbs bee popular principles, yet is not all true that is proverbiall .

1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 162 He [sc. Alexander the Great] had the world in a string, as our English Proverbial Phrase is.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋1 Delivered in his own homely Maxims, and a Kind of Proverbial Simplicity.

1791 J. Bentham Panopt. in Wks. (1843) IV. 225 A sort of honour may be found (according to a proverbial saying) even among thieves.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘As clean as a whistle’, a proverbial simile, signifying completely, entirely.

1884 T. F. Thiselton Dyer Folk-Lore of Shakespeare xix. 466 ‘Strike sail.’ A proverbial phrase to acknowledge one's self beaten.

1908 Q. Rev. Apr. 338 Popular expressions of proverbial wisdom.

1932 Notes & Queries 3 Sept. 177/2 There is also a proverbial saying, ‘Money is his middle name’, ‘Art is her middle name’, meaning one's forte.

1995 Church Times 15 Sept. 12/2 Originating from the preliterate societies of the ancient Near East, these proverbial statements were orally transmitted.

2. Used or referred to in a proverb or idiom; familiar or current as a proverb; notorious, well known, especially so as to be stereotypical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adjective] > much talked about > proverbially

proverbial1571

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xliv. 14) i. f. 173/2 The name of them flew comonly abrode among proverbyall figures [L. proverbiales figuras] in way of reproche.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H3 That grounded tranquilitie, which made it prouerbiall to the world, No heauen but Arcadie.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋2 What Hudibras says of such Disputants, which is so true, that it is almost Proverbial.

1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. 7 A Jack of all Trades, is proverbial of a bungler; and we scarcely ever find any one who excels in two parts of the same art.

1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour ii. 105 The honesty of the Swedes is as proverbial as that of the Highlanders of Scotland.

1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 31 Dec. (1835) II. 100 The Baltimore clippers are proverbial for their elegance and fleetness.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 45 The proverbial London fog owes its density and darkness to the smoke.

1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning viii. 108 This morning..the proverbial monkey-wrench had landed squarely in the middle of the brittle machinery.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 19 Having bowled a short ball at a batsman during one match he sarcastically patted the pitch almost in front of my feet. This is the proverbial red flag to a fast bowler.

1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xxv. 193 Matchitt and the rest of the camp left under cover of darkness, using the proverbial tradesman's entrance.

†3. Much given to the use of proverbs. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [adjective] > addicted to proverbs

proverbial1665

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 138 He was a most Proverbial Jenkin, and could twit his testy Wife with store of such Proverbs as these.

B. n.

†1. A person who is much given to the use of proverbs. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > addict

proverbial1599

1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D4^v Why, what doth this prouerbial with vs... This formall foole your man speakes nought but prouerbs.

2. A proverbial saying, a proverb. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun]

byspelc1000

bywordc1050

forbysena1250

riotc1330

proverbc1375

sayingc1390

paroemia1550

nayworda1616

diverb1624

proverbial1645

sooth1655

proverbialism1830

1645 J. Caryl Expos. 4th–7th Chapters Job (iv. 9) 56 In our proverbials, to take a thing in snuff, is to take it in anger.

1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 157 A few more pretty Proverbials.

1966 H. Sacks in Lect. on Conversation (1995) iii. xviii. 397 These are not all the idioms or proverbials used in the conversation.

3. colloquial (chiefly British and Australian). As a (frequently euphemistic) substitution for another word (usually coarse slang) in a popular phrase. Cf. sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths

jernie1678

jigger1837

gick1905

proverbial1925

rollocks1961

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 230 I knew how it would be; pride goes before a fall; he's come the proverbial [sc. gutzer].

1973 Perspectives New Music 12 273 Hornsby'd have old Singing Sam by the proverbials.

1984 Your Computer May 52/2 The proverbial hit the fan.

2002 Oldie June 73/2 (advt.) Computers can be fun and they can also be a pain in the proverbial.

4. Something so well known as to be proverbial; proverbial characteristic or resemblance. rare.

ΚΠ

1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 18 Nov. b5/4 The proverbials in desserts—mince pie or pumpkin pie have been filling-the-bill for ages..but..we're always ready to try something new.

1961 Notes & Queries Feb. 76/2 The description given certainly enlightens the reader as to a number of characteristics of the proverb, but equally certainly leaves him doubtful about where the proverbial leaves off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	proverbial
释义	proverbialadj.n. Brit. /prəˈvəːbɪəl/, U.S. /prəˈvərbiəl/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s prouerbiall, 1500s proverbyall, 1500s–1600s prouerbial, 1500s– proverbial, 1600s proverbiall. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōverbiālis. Etymology: < classical Latin prōverbiālis of the nature of a proverb (2nd cent. a.d.), in post-classical Latin also used or current as a proverb (1557 in the passage translated in quot. 1571 at sense A. 2) < prōverbium proverb n. + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare Middle French, French proverbial (1487 as adjective, 1556 in an apparently isolated attestation as noun in sense B. 2), and also (all as adjective) Catalan proverbial (13th cent.), Spanish proverbial (early 15th cent.), Portuguese proverbial (1572), Italian proverbiale (1560). A. adj. 1. Resembling, characteristic of, or of the nature of a proverb; expressed in a proverb or proverbs. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [adjective] proverbial?a1475 paroemial1652 proverbed1788 paroemiac1820 ?a1475 (?a1425) [implied in: tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl.) (1874) V. 55 Of whom hit was seide proverbially [L. de isto proverbium fuit] that his lyfe was lyke to his doctryne. (at proverbially adv. 1)]. c1475 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1900) 104 309 (MED) Though appensis shewe hir largesse In this prouerbiall ditees sentence By addiciouns the matier encresse, I trust..It nat defouled is. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John xviii. 507 b Jesus did vouchsafe to aunswere hym by a riddle and a prouerbiall saying. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes sig. A 4 ^v These Prouerbs and prouerbiall Phrases..haue onely been selected and stamped for the wise and not thee. 1608 Great Frost sig. B2 Say, have none gone westward for smelts (as our proverbial phrase is?) 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 98 Although proverbs bee popular principles, yet is not all true that is proverbiall . View more context for this quotation 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel 162 He [sc. Alexander the Great] had the world in a string, as our English Proverbial Phrase is. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 509. ⁋1 Delivered in his own homely Maxims, and a Kind of Proverbial Simplicity. 1791 J. Bentham Panopt. in Wks. (1843) IV. 225 A sort of honour may be found (according to a proverbial saying) even among thieves. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) ‘As clean as a whistle’, a proverbial simile, signifying completely, entirely. 1884 T. F. Thiselton Dyer Folk-Lore of Shakespeare xix. 466 ‘Strike sail.’ A proverbial phrase to acknowledge one's self beaten. 1908 Q. Rev. Apr. 338 Popular expressions of proverbial wisdom. 1932 Notes & Queries 3 Sept. 177/2 There is also a proverbial saying, ‘Money is his middle name’, ‘Art is her middle name’, meaning one's forte. 1995 Church Times 15 Sept. 12/2 Originating from the preliterate societies of the ancient Near East, these proverbial statements were orally transmitted. 2. Used or referred to in a proverb or idiom; familiar or current as a proverb; notorious, well known, especially so as to be stereotypical. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [adjective] > much talked about > proverbially proverbial1571 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xliv. 14) i. f. 173/2 The name of them flew comonly abrode among proverbyall figures [L. proverbiales figuras] in way of reproche. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H3 That grounded tranquilitie, which made it prouerbiall to the world, No heauen but Arcadie. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 145. ⁋2 What Hudibras says of such Disputants, which is so true, that it is almost Proverbial. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. 7 A Jack of all Trades, is proverbial of a bungler; and we scarcely ever find any one who excels in two parts of the same art. 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour ii. 105 The honesty of the Swedes is as proverbial as that of the Highlanders of Scotland. 1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 31 Dec. (1835) II. 100 The Baltimore clippers are proverbial for their elegance and fleetness. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 45 The proverbial London fog owes its density and darkness to the smoke. 1937 M. Allingham Dancers in Mourning viii. 108 This morning..the proverbial monkey-wrench had landed squarely in the middle of the brittle machinery. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 19 Having bowled a short ball at a batsman during one match he sarcastically patted the pitch almost in front of my feet. This is the proverbial red flag to a fast bowler. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xxv. 193 Matchitt and the rest of the camp left under cover of darkness, using the proverbial tradesman's entrance. †3. Much given to the use of proverbs. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [adjective] > addicted to proverbs proverbial1665 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 138 He was a most Proverbial Jenkin, and could twit his testy Wife with store of such Proverbs as these. B. n. †1. A person who is much given to the use of proverbs. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > addict proverbial1599 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. D4^v Why, what doth this prouerbial with vs... This formall foole your man speakes nought but prouerbs. 2. A proverbial saying, a proverb. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] byspelc1000 bywordc1050 forbysena1250 riotc1330 proverbc1375 sayingc1390 paroemia1550 nayworda1616 diverb1624 proverbial1645 sooth1655 proverbialism1830 1645 J. Caryl Expos. 4th–7th Chapters Job (iv. 9) 56 In our proverbials, to take a thing in snuff, is to take it in anger. 1778 G. L. Way Learning at Loss II. 157 A few more pretty Proverbials. 1966 H. Sacks in Lect. on Conversation (1995) iii. xviii. 397 These are not all the idioms or proverbials used in the conversation. 3. colloquial (chiefly British and Australian). As a (frequently euphemistic) substitution for another word (usually coarse slang) in a popular phrase. Cf. sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > euphemisms for stronger oaths jernie1678 jigger1837 gick1905 proverbial1925 rollocks1961 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 230 I knew how it would be; pride goes before a fall; he's come the proverbial [sc. gutzer]. 1973 Perspectives New Music 12 273 Hornsby'd have old Singing Sam by the proverbials. 1984 Your Computer May 52/2 The proverbial hit the fan. 2002 Oldie June 73/2 (advt.) Computers can be fun and they can also be a pain in the proverbial. 4. Something so well known as to be proverbial; proverbial characteristic or resemblance. rare. ΚΠ 1949 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 18 Nov. b5/4 The proverbials in desserts—mince pie or pumpkin pie have been filling-the-bill for ages..but..we're always ready to try something new. 1961 Notes & Queries Feb. 76/2 The description given certainly enlightens the reader as to a number of characteristics of the proverb, but equally certainly leaves him doubtful about where the proverbial leaves off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.?a1475
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