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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

diverbium

the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue;

di- = dis-

verbum

word.]

A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.

[Obs.]

Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the

diverb

goes.

Burton.

Noun.

A proverb. [Not in use.]

diverb ‎(plural diverbs)

(obsolete) A proverb or set expression.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:
  By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […].
(obsolete) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted.
- Burton
  Italy, a paradise for horses, a **** for women, as the diverb goes.