byword
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
byword (plural bywords)
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 17:6:
- He hath made me also a byword of the people ...
- 1611, King James Version, Job 17:6:
- A nickname or epithet.
- French: proverbe
- German: Sprichwort
- Italian: proverbio
- Portuguese: dito
- Russian: погово́рка
- Spanish: refrán, proverbio, estribillo
- Russian: олицетворение
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