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Meanings of byword in English

Portuguese
adágio
Catalan
adagi
Spanish
adagio

A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

        adágio
        Usage of byword in English
        1
        But today Shoreditch is a byword for artist-catalysed gentrification and buy-to-let speculation.
        The Guardian
        2
        Instead his arch nemesis became a byword for political strength and stability.
        News.com.au
        3
        Why is the Department a byword among journalists for secretiveness and unhelpfulness?
        The Irish Times
        4
        The name of Adam Warner became a byword of scorn and horror.
        The Last of the Barons — Volume 06
        5
        As it is, they are becoming a byword even in London streets.
        Tom Tufton's Travels
        6
        It is an old byword that the bottle is a false consoler.
        The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale
        7
        The name of an Englishman has been made a byword for reproach.
        North America — Volume 1
        8
        The truth was, that 'vying with Israel' was a byword with us.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 / A Mag...
        9
        Papal Court, whose nullity indeed had become a byword at the Vatican.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1
        10
        The silent deadliness of Tore was a byword now among the tribes.
        The wandering fire
        11
        Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
        12
        Once a byword for flakiness, Spurs are now hailed for their ferocity.
        The Guardian
        13
        You operate under an alias that is a byword for foul temper.
        The system of the world
        14
        Even before it opened, the Dome had become a byword for failure.
        The Guardian
        15
        They had always been a byword for overarching civic ambition and stupidity.
        The Guardian
        16
        I degraded the old name, I made it a byword in the district.
        The Mystery of the Four Fingers
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        Ireland
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