Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A saying in which the two members of a sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
proverb or setexpression . - noun obsolete A saying in which two members of the sentence are
contrasted .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Durum et durum non faciunt murum, as the diverb is, two refractory spirits will never agree, the only means to overcome is to relent, obsequio vinces.
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He that marries a wife out of a suspected inn or alehouse, buys a horse in Smithfield, and hires a servant in Paul's, as the diverb is, shall likely have a jade to his horse, a knave for his man, an arrant honest woman to his wife.
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England is a paradise for women, and hell for horses: Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.
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By this means you may define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of
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QUOTATION: England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Quotations 1919
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England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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76England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Quotations 1919
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2177England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.
Quotations 1919
qms commented on the word diverb
Ignite a spark by useful friction
With symmetry in contradiction.
Inspire or perturb
By a clever diverb -
An ancient tool of formal diction.
July 10, 2016