proverbialize
English
editEtymology
editFrom proverbial + -ize. Compare French proverbialiser.
Verb
editproverbialize (third-person singular simple present proverbializes, present participle proverbializing, simple past and past participle proverbialized)
- (transitive) To turn into a proverb.
- (intransitive) To speak in proverbs.
References
edit- “proverbialize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.