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a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
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Example Sentences
- So you don't believe in the adage, "write what you know"? It's very good advice if what you know is interesting.
- The adage that one man's trash is another's treasure still holds true for many music lovers.
- At this point, the old “just add water” adage rang true.
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Word Origin & History
adage
1540s, from L. adagium "adage, proverb," apparently from adagio, from ad- "to" + *agi-, root of aio "I say," from PIE *ag- "to speak." But Tucker thinks the second element is rather ago "set in motion, drive, urge."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
adage
a saying, often in metaphoric form, that embodies a common observation, such as "If the shoe fits, wear it,'' "Out of the frying pan, into the fire,'' or "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.'' The scholar Erasmus published a well-known collection of adages as Adagia in 1508. The word is from the Latin adagium, "proverb."
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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