Adage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Adage has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

proverb adage saw byword

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

See Also

maxim finagle's law murphy's law hofstadter's law parody cliché saying betteridge's law

Related Terms

maxim finagle's law murphy's law hofstadter's law parody cliché saying betteridge's law law of unintended consequences as saying goes blore's razor aphorism trite adagial muphry's law parkinson's law overuse old saying old

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

saying

Rhyming Words

age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage plage brage phage stage flage

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