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proverbialize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
prover-bial-ize
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn into a proverb.

Transitive verb

verb

To speak in proverbs.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From proverbial + -ize. Compare French proverbialiser.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

proverbializes (present, singular) proverbializing (participle, present) proverbialized (participle, past) proverbialized (past)

Questions

What does proverbialize mean?
To turn into a proverb.
Where does proverbialize come from?
From proverbial + -ize. Compare French proverbialiser.

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