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Adage - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Adage : (noun)
1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: proverb, saw, byword]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Adage : \Ad"age\, n. [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad _ the root of
L. aio I say.]
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a
proverb.
Letting ``I dare not'' wait upon ``I would,'' Like the
poor cat i' the adage. --Shak.
Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm.
See Axiom.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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