adage
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/ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/
(UK)
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/ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ (UK) · /ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ (US) · [ˈɛəd.ɪd͡ʒ] (US) · /əˈdɑ(d)ʒ/
Definition of adage
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”
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noun
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An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
“He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."”
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(rhetoric)An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.
“Like the poore Cat i’ th’ Addage.”
- (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of adagio.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium.
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