Definitions for byword

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byword by·word

Spelling: [bahy-wurd]

IPA: /ˈbaɪˌwɜrd/

Byword is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 72 anagrams from letters in byword (bdorwy).

Definitions for byword

noun

1. a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
2. a word or phrase used proverbially; common saying; proverb.
3. an object of general reproach, derision, scorn, etc.:
4. an epithet, often of scorn.

Origin of byword

before 1050; Middle English biworde, Old English biwyrde. See by¹ (adj.), word

Examples for byword

I've heard him say 'All's well' over and over again; 'twas a kind of byword with him.

In this respect we are a byword among the peoples of the world.

At a time when “right to work” has become a byword for union-busting, this is radical indeed.

It was a ghastly tragedy that rattled a nation and became a byword for anti-Semitism in France.

They will hunt him out of the village, they will refuse him food, they will make him a byword, a scorn.

We have heard of your good fortune on the seas—how your luck has passed into a byword.

The mistake you made in my name came to be a joke and byword after I went home.

By Leo Mirani Drones have a terrible reputation, mostly because they have become a byword for death and destruction.

"Go to beat the Dutch" became a byword which has persisted to this day.

Syndicated columnist Dan Savage even campaigned to turn “santorum” into a byword for sexual waste as revenge.