proverbiality

Noun

uncountable

The state or characteristic of being proverbial.

Japanese Meaning

ことわざらしさ / 格言的な性質

The proverbiality of the saying gave it an air of timeless wisdom that comforted the villagers.

そのことわざらしさが、その言葉に村人たちを慰める永遠の知恵のような雰囲気を与えた。

Sense（1）

The state or characteristic of being proverbial.

For such a quatrain and couplet as the following it is scarcely hazardous to predict proverbiality:—

They eat and drink and scheme and plod

And go to church on Sunday;

And many are afraid of God

And more of Mrs. Grundy.

. . .

The Cockney met in Middlesex or Surrey

Is often cold and always in a hurry.