PROVERBIAL

/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/ Scrabble 17 Words With Friends 21

Definition

  1. adjective of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb.
  2. adjective widely known and spoken of.

Examples

  • “You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.”
  • “proverbial spilled milk”
  • “I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family.”

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