diverb

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noun

A proverb or set phrase.

OriginLatin diverbium →
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Meanings

noundiverb (plural diverbs)

plural diverbs

  1. obsoleteA proverb or set phrase.

    By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […]

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4
  2. obsoleterhetoricAn antithesis.

    Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latindiverbium“the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue”
  2. Englishdiverb

Latin diverbium (“the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue”).

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APA

diverb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverb

MLA

“diverb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diverb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diverb.

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