diverb (diverb)

[L. div erbium, the dialogue of a comedy (an imperfect translation of Gr. διάλογος, dialogue), 1703 bers of a sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb. [Rare.] England is a paradise for women, a hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, a hell for women: as the diver be Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 597. goes.