adage
21adage — [[t]æ̱dɪʤ[/t]] adages N COUNT An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life. [OLD FASHIONED] The old adage, Every baby brings its own love usually turns out to be true. Syn: maxim,… …
22adage — UK [ˈædɪdʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms adage : singular adage plural adages a well known phrase that says something about life and human experience …
23adage — noun /ˈædɪdʒ/ a) An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use. “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage” (Lady MacBeth) b) An old saying, which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim. Syn: proverb …
24adage — See axiom. See axiom, adage, proverb …
25adage — ad|age [ˈædıdʒ] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin adagium] a well known phrase that says something wise about human experience = ↑proverb ▪ the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words …
26adage — [16] Adage was borrowed, via French, from Latin adagium ‘maxim, proverb’. This seems to have been formed from a variant of aio ‘I say’ plus the prefīx ad ‘to’. In the 16th and 17th centuries an alternative version, adagy, existed …
27adage — noun I should have remembered the old adage look before you leap Syn: saying, maxim, axiom, proverb, aphorism, saw, dictum, byword, precept, motto, truism, platitude, cliché, apophthegm, commonplace …
28adage — [16] Adage was borrowed, via French, from Latin adagium ‘maxim, proverb’. This seems to have been formed from a variant of aio ‘I say’ plus the prefīx ad ‘to’. In the 16th and 17th centuries an alternative version, adagy, existed …
29Adage (Expression) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Adage …
30Adage acrobatique — ● Adage acrobatique adage dont les enchaînements comportent plus de portés et d exercices d acrobatie que de pas de danse …
