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Perverbial vs Proverbial

Proverbial is the correct word.

1. [only before noun] used to show that you are referring to a particular proverb or well-known phrase

  • Let’s not count our proverbial chickens.
  • The idea has acquired proverbial currency.

2. [not usually before noun] well known and talked about by a lot of people

  • Their hospitality is proverbial.
  • His mastery of the French language was proverbial.

While perverbial is not a word.