Found 3 items, similar to byword.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: byword peribahasa
English → English (WordNet) Definition: byword byword n : a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Byword Byword \By"word`\, n. [AS. b["i]word; b["i], E. by + word.] 1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. [1913 Webster] I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. The object of a contemptuous saying. [1913 Webster] Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. --Ps. xliv. 14 [1913 Webster]