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byword | x |

As a noun byword

is a proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

byword

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
  • A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
  • Someone or something that stands (metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
  • An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , chapter XII:
    • "I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word ."
  • A nickname or epithet.

    • x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----