Di'vĕrb, n.

n. [Lat. diverbium, the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue, from prefix di, for dis, and verbum, word; It. diverbio.] A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted: an antithetical proverb. [Obs.]

Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes. Burton.