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  ADAGE, n.  Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
  
  

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Letting ``I dare not'' wait upon ``I would,''
           Like the poor cat i' the adage.          --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm.
          See Axiom.
          [1913 Webster]

  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.

  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]

  adage
     Αγγλικά n.
     η παροιμία, το ρητό

  adage
     n.
     1 An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
     2 An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a
  trite maxim.

  adage
     n.
     1 An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
     2 An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a
  trite maxim.

  adage
     n.
     1 An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
     2 An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a
  trite maxim.

  adage
     n.
     1 An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
     2 An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a
  trite maxim.

  adage
     Englanti n.
     mietelause

  adage
     Franska n.
     1 (tagg kat=dans språk=fr) i klassiska danser, rörelseserier som
  utförs långsamt
     2 (tagg kat=ordspråk språk=fr) ordspråk

  Adage /ˈadɪdʒ/
  المثل

  adage //ˈæ.dɪd͡ʒ// 
  поговорка, пословица
  old saying

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/ 
  průpověď

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/ 
  pořekadlo

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/
  Spruch , Sprichwort  [ling.]
        "the famous adage about imitation being the sincerest form of flattery"  - der berühmte Spruch, wonach Nachahmung die ehrlichste Form der Schmeichelei ist
     Synonym: saw
  
   see: adages, saws
  

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/
  
  ρητό, απόφθεγμα

  adage //ˈæ.dɪd͡ʒ// 
  sanonta
  old saying

  adage /ædidʒ/
  proverbe

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/ 
  1. कहावत
        "Adages express general truth."

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/
  izreka, poslovica

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/
  1. bölcs mondás
  2. példabeszéd
  3. velôs mondás
  4. közmondás

  adage /ædidʒ/
  adagium

  adage /'ædıdʒ/ 
  patarlė, priežodis, posakis

  adage //ˈæ.dɪd͡ʒ// 
  visdomsord
  old saying

  adage /ædidʒ/ 
  provérbio

  adage //ˈæ.dɪd͡ʒ// 
  ordspråk, talesätt
  old saying

  adage /ˈadɪdʒ/
  1. atasözü, darbımesel, vecize.

  adage /adˈaʒ/
  lavarenn-stur (lavarennoù-stur /lavaʁɛnˈustˈyʁ/)

  adage /a.daʒ/ 
  adage

  adage /a.daʒ/ 
  ordspråk

  
/ˈædədʒ/, /ˈædɪdʒ/

  
/adaʒ/

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "adage":
     ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, catchword,
     collected sayings, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich,
     epigram, expression, gnome, golden saying, maxim, moral, mot,
     motto, oracle, phrase, pithy saying, precept, prescript, proverb,
     proverbial saying, proverbs, saw, saying, sentence,
     sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra, teaching, text,
     verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word,
     words of wisdom
  
  

  n. 古话,格言,谚语;

     n. 古话,格言,谚语