proverbiality

Etymology

From proverbial + -ity.

proverbiality means the state or characteristic of being proverbial. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The state or characteristic of being proverbial.“For such a quatrain and couplet as the following it is scarcely hazardous to predict proverbiality:— They eat and drink and scheme and plod And go to church on Sunday; And many are afraid of God And more of Mrs. Grundy. . . . The Cockney met in Middlesex or Surrey Is often cold and always in a hurry.”