BYWORD

proverb, adage, saw, byword

(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

byword (plural bywords)

A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.

A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.

Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.

An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.

A nickname or epithet.

Source: Wiktionary


By"word`, n. Etym: [AS.bïword; bï, E.by+word.]

1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.

2. The object of a contemptuous saying. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. Ps. xliv. 14

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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