| 释义 |
proverbiˈality
[f. proverbial a. + -ity.]
a. The quality of being proverbial.
b. Addiction to the use of proverbs.
1852E. FitzGerald Lett. 27 Feb. (1889) I. 216 To show why Books of that kind are dull: what sort of writers ought to be quoted &c.; proverbial writers: and what constitutes proverbiality. 1892Athenæum 11 June 758/2 Coarseness and ‘proverbiality’ are the only leading features we can detect in the scanty fragments of Sophron. |
