1 [onlybeforenoun] used to show that you are referring to a particular proverb or well-known phrase:
Let's not count our proverbial chickens. * He drinks like the proverbial fish.
2 [notusuallybeforenoun] well known and talked about by a lot of people
SYNFAMOUS:
Their hospitality is proverbial.
proverbially adverb:
Reporters are proverbially heavy drinkers.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is proverbial a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, proverbial is tagged as adjective.
Does proverbial appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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