proverbialityn.
/prəˌvəːbɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /prəˌvərbiˈælədi/ The quality of being proverbial. Also: the tendency to use proverbs frequently.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > quality of being proverbial
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proverbialism1935
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > proverb > [noun] > addiction to
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1843 J. O. Halliwell First Sketches King Henry Sixth 75 Perhaps in this line there is somewhat of proverbiality.
1852 E. FitzGerald Let. 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.
1892 Athenæum 11 June 758/2 Coarseness and ‘proverbiality’ are the only leading features we can detect in the scanty fragments of Sophron.
1968 Western Folklore 27 232 The degree of proverbiality, or currency in oral tradition, attained by these exaggerations is difficult to assess.
2003 Folklore (Nexis) 1 Aug. 155 This is cited as farm wisdom, and there is no reason to doubt its proverbiality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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