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adage |
3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
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