adage

Noun
Synonyms: proverbsawbyword

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many peopleSynonyms: proverbsawbyword
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom. [1913 Webster]

The Devil's Dictionary

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
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