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perverbs

perverbs is the plural of perverb.

Meaning of perverb

Noun

perverb (plural perverbs)

  1. A statement humorously constructed by merging together two proverbs.
    • A perverb splices the first half of one proverb, or saying, with the second half of another.2012, John R. Taylor, The Mental Corpus: How Language is Represented in the Mind, page 272

Questions about perverbs

What is perverbs the plural of?
Perverbs is the plural of perverb.

Words near perverbs in the dictionary

  1. perveances
  2. perved
  3. pervention
  4. perventions
  5. perverb
  6. perverbs
  7. perverse
  8. perversed
  9. perversedly
  10. perversely
  11. perverseness

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