Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adage
n : a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: {proverb}, {saw}, {byword}]
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