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The definition of proverbial is something well-known or commonly referred to.

(adjective)

When someone always uses the same old excuse, over and over again until it becomes old news, this is an example of that person's proverbial excuse.

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See proverbial in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of, or having the nature of, a proverb
expressed in a proverb
well-known because commonly referred to: the proverbial glamour of Paris

Origin: ME < LL proverbialis

Related Forms:

proverbially adverb

See proverbial in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of the nature of a proverb.
Expressed in a proverb.
Widely referred to, as if the subject of a proverb; famous.

Related Forms:

pro·verˈbi·al·ly adverb

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