Bible Dictionaries
Proverbial

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb.

(2):

(a.) Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Proverbial'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/proverbial.html. 1828.