proverbial

«proverbial» in Mova's school dictionary: well known, the sort of thing people always mention, as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (more proverbial, most proverbial)

meaning for a pupil

Proverbial means well known, the sort of thing people always mention, as if it were a saying or proverb. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, the word names a famous quality that everybody already knows about someone or something: «a woman's proverbial curiosity»

examples

• The fox has a proverbial cunning. tree →
• Her proverbial patience was tested by the noisy class. tree →
• His beauty became proverbial in the land. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «proverbial» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.