adage
Plural: adages
Noun
- A proverb expressing a general truth.
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
- An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.
Examples
- He followed the old Scrabble adage: ’An S is worth its weight in gold.’
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium.
Synonyms
byword, proverb, saw, adage, apophthegm, apothegm, colloquialism, dictum, gnome, gnomic saying, mantra, maxim, old saw, paroemia, saying
Scrabble Score: 7
adage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordadage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
adage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary