Byword
Pronunciation : By"word`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS.b?word; b?, E.by+word.]
Definition : 1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.
2. The object of a contemptuous saying. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. Ps. xliv. 14
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913