Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who often uses proverbs in speech or writing.

  2. Someone who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.

Origin

From proverbial + -ist.

From proverbial + -ist.

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Forms

plural: proverbialists
Singularproverbialist
Pluralproverbialists

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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