English-Thai Dictionary
byword
N สุภาษิต หรือ คำคม ที่ รู้จัก กัน ดี standing joke axiom catchword su-pha-sid-rue-kam-kom-ti-ru-jak-kan-de
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BYWORD
By "word `, n. Etym: [AS. bïword; bï, E.by +word. ]
1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.
2. The object of a contemptuous saying. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. Ps. xliv. 14
New American Oxford Dictionary
byword
by word |ˈbīˌwərd ˈbaɪˌwərd | ▶noun a person or thing cited as a notorious and outstanding example or embodiment of something: his name became a byword for luxury. • a word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles: “Small is beautiful ” may be the byword for most couturiers.
Oxford Dictionary
byword
by ¦word |ˈbʌɪwəːd | ▶noun a person or thing cited as a notable and outstanding example or embodiment of something: his name became a byword for luxury. • a word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles: ‘Small is beautiful ’ may be the byword for most couturiers.
American Oxford Thesaurus
byword
byword noun 1 their office was a byword for delay: perfect example, classic case, model, exemplar, embodiment, incarnation, personification, epitome. 2 'vigor' was the byword of the Kennedy years: slogan, motto, maxim, mantra, catchword, watchword, formula; middle name; proverb, adage, saying, dictum.
Oxford Thesaurus
byword
byword noun 1 the Court of Chancery had become a byword for administrative delay: perfect example of, classic case of, model of, exemplar of, embodiment of, incarnation of, personification of, epitome of, typification of; synonymous with; rare avatar of. 2 reality was his byword: slogan, motto, maxim, axiom, dictum, mantra, catchword, watchword, formula, cry, battle cry, rallying cry; nickname, middle name; rare apophthegm.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
byword
b ý w ò rd 名詞 C 1 «…の » 見本, 好例, 代名詞 «for » .2 ｟主に米 ｠決まり文句, 合い言葉 .
The Wordsmith Dictionary