proverbial
adjective/prəˈvɜːbiəl/
/prəˈvɜːrbiəl/
- [only before noun] used to show that you are referring to a particular proverb or well-known phrase
- Let's not count our proverbial chickens.
- These risks are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
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- [not usually before noun] well known and talked about by a lot of people synonym famous
- Their hospitality is proverbial.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin proverbialis, from proverbium, from pro- ‘(put) forth’ + verbum ‘word’.
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