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byword
[ bahy-wurd ]
noun
- a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
Synonyms: ,
- a word or phrase used proverbially; common saying; proverb.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- an object of general reproach, derision, scorn, etc.:
His crimes will make him a byword through the ages.
- an epithet, often of scorn.
byword
/ ˈ²ú²¹ÉªËŒ·Éɜ˻å /
noun
- a person, place, or thing regarded as a perfect or proverbial example of something
their name is a byword for good service
- an object of scorn or derision
- a common saying; proverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of byword1
Example Sentences
Morecambe Bay became a byword for poor maternity care and the trust promised to enact all 18 recommendations from the Kirkup review.
Her third son, Ahmed, spent three years in the security system, including eight months in the red block for political prisoners in that byword for brutality, Saydnaya prison.
Northern Ireland is far from a byword for stable government.
“McMartin†became a byword for social contagion, hysteria and the epic failure of trusted institutions: law enforcement, courts, the child-therapy establishment and the media.
It ended with zero convictions, and “McMartin†became a byword for social contagion, hysteria and the epic failure of trusted institutions: law enforcement, courts, the child-therapy establishment and the media.
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