proverbialize
/prəˈvəːbɪəlʌɪz/verb
[with object] To make into a proverb; to use proverbially; to speak of in a proverb. Also occasionally without object: to make or utter proverbs.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Pigs: their Pedigree & Panegyric. From proverbial + -ize. Compare Middle French, French proverbialiser to make into a proverb, to use proverbially.
- plateosaur
- Plateosaurus
- plate painter
- plate paper
- plate pie
- plate powder
- plate printer
- plater
- plate rack
- plate rail
- plate railway
- plateresque
- Plate, River
- plate roll
- plate room
- plate shears
- plate ship
- plate-shy
- plates of meat
- plate-tectonicist
- plate tectonics
- plate tracery
- plateway
- plate wheel
- plate-worker