Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proverbiality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prover-bial-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or characteristic of being proverbial.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For such a quatrain and couplet as the following it is scarcely hazardous to predict proverbiality:— They eat and drink and scheme and plod And go to church on Sunday; And many are afraid of God And more of Mrs. Grundy. . . . The Cockney met in Middlesex or Surrey Is often cold and always in a hurry."
"The degree of proverbiality, or currency in oral tradition, attained by these exaggerations is difficult to assess."
"Because other aspects are also seen as contributing to proverbiality—equivocation, authoritativeness, and negotiation of power relations—a text may be proverbial to various degrees."

Etymology

From proverbial + -ity.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: proverbial

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does proverbiality mean?: The state or characteristic of being proverbial.
Where does proverbiality come from?: From proverbial + -ity.

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