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byword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Byword may
refer to:
Byword (horse), a
thoroughbred racehorse and sire from the
United Kingdom Byword (saying)...
- A
proverb (from Latin: proverbium) or an
adage is a simple,
traditional saying that
expresses a
perceived truth based on
common sense or experience. Proverbs...
- "Interview with
Grady Nutt
Archived 2010-09-07 at the
Wayback Machine.
Bywords (Episode 196).
Kentucky Educational Television. 1981 (original air-date...
-
Artists and
writers have
referenced the story, and King
Cophetua has
become a
byword for "a man who
falls in love with a
woman instantly and
proposes marriage...
-
Byword (foaled 13
February 2006) is a British-bred, French-trained
Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
Unraced as a two-year-old, he
showed promising form...
-
published in
Russian language in the late 19th
century as The
Sayings and
Bywords of the
Russian People,
featuring more than 30,000 entries. They continue...
- "Fascism" is
today used
across the
political spectrum as a
pejorative or
byword for
perceived authoritarianism and
other forms of
political evil. One of...
- mistresses. As a result, his
Italianized Valencian surname, Borgia,
became a
byword for
libertinism and nepotism,
which are
traditionally considered as characterizing...
- A dodo, the bird that
became a
byword in the
English language for the
extinction of a species...
- and excesses, to the
extent that "sybarite" and "sybaritic" have
become bywords for o****nce, luxury, and
outrageous pleasure-s****ing.
Sybaris also ruled...
