Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composer, collector, or user of proverbs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
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- noun One who makes much use of
proverbs in speech or writing. - noun One who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We deny woman her fair share of training, of encouragement, of remuneration, and then talk fine nonsense about her instincts and her intuitions, -- say sentimentally, with the Oriental proverbialist, "Every book of knowledge is implanted by nature in the heart of woman," and make the compliment a substitute for the alphabet.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various
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No type of weak wickedness is more abominable to the proverbialist than that of pert self-conceit, which knows so little that it thinks it knows everything, and is 'as untameable as a fly.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868
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Some may carp at this; to these let us say with the French proverbialist, _Rien n’est indifférent dans la vie d’un grand homme; le genie se revéle dans ses moindres actions_.
The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II Various
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