byword

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bywords

1.
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
2.
A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
3.
Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
4.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
5.
A nickname or epithet.

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From Middle English byword, byworde (proverb), from Old English bīword, bīwyrd, bīwyrde (proverb, household word", also "adverb), from *bīwurdī, equivalent to by- + word. Compare proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with pīwurti proverb. Compare also bīspel, bīcwide (byword, proverb, tale, fable), bijwoord adverb.