proverbial
/prə'vɜrbiəl/
adjective
10 letters4 syllables17 points in Scrabble®21 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
OTHERWidely known and spoken of.
“her proverbial lateness”
“the proverbial absentminded professor”
1
Of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb.
“he kicked the proverbial bucket”
“the proverbial grasshopper”
WORD FORMS
Related formproverb
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®17 points
Words With Friends®21 points
Double word34 points
Triple word51 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinoverbialpray
Starts & ends withP … L
Syllablespro · ver · bi · al
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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