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diverbs

diverbs is the plural of diverb.

Meaning of diverb

Noun

diverb (plural diverbs)

  1. (obsolete) A proverb or set phrase.
    • By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. (obsolete, rhetoric) An antithesis.
    • Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC

Questions about diverbs

What is diverbs the plural of?
Diverbs is the plural of diverb.

Words near diverbs in the dictionary

  1. Divens
  2. Divenses
  3. divent
  4. diver
  5. diverb
  6. diverbs
  7. divercin
  8. diverge
  9. diverged
  10. divergement
  11. divergements

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