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byword
(encz) | byword,rčení n: Zdeněk Brož |
byword
(encz) | byword,ztělesnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Byword
(gcide) | Byword \By"word`\, n. [AS. b["i]word; b["i], E. by + word.]
1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general
currency.
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I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. --Bacon.
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2. The object of a contemptuous saying.
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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. --Ps.
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byword
(wn) | byword
n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword] |
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Byword
(gcide) | Byword \By"word`\, n. [AS. b["i]word; b["i], E. by + word.]
1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general
currency.
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I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. --Bacon.
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2. The object of a contemptuous saying.
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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. --Ps.
xliv. 14
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