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adage

UK/əˈdɑ(d)ʒ/ US/ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ rare

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium.

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