ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Diverb

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Diverb is a noun meaning (obsolete) A proverb or set phrase.

Meaning

(obsolete) A proverb or set phrase.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rhetoric) An antithesis.

Example Sentences

Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […]

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Related dictionary entries include proverb, word, prouerbe, nayword, diversory, verset.

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