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Word: Adage
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: from French, from Latin adagium ‘saying’, based on an early form of aio ‘I say’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈadɪdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth
Short Definition:proverb or short statement expressing general truth
Examples:- the old adage ‘out of sight out of mind’
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