ADAGE
What does "ADAGE" mean?
A short, well-known saying that expresses a general truth.
Meanings
- A traditional maxim or proverb stating a commonly accepted truth. He lived by the old adage that haste makes waste.
Did you know?
- The Renaissance scholar Erasmus built a 1500 bestseller called 'Adagia' entirely out of explained adages, growing it to over 4,000 classical sayings and spreading phrases like 'to leave no stone unturned' across Europe.
Word origin
From Latin 'adagium' ('a saying, proverb'), perhaps from 'ad-' (to) and a root related to 'aio' (I say); it reached English through French 'adage'.
Remember it
An ADAGE has aged - an old saying, with 'age' sitting right inside the word.
A little poem
A truth too large to argue, small to hold,
passed hand to hand until its edges gold.
couplet
Wordplay
- Every adage about brevity goes on far too long once you start explaining it.
What it teaches
An adage survives not because it is always true, but because it is true often enough to repeat.
Quick facts
What does ADAGE mean?
A short, well-known saying that expresses a general truth.
Is ADAGE a valid word?
Yes — ADAGE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ADAGE?
ADAGE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ADAGE come from?
From Latin 'adagium' ('a saying, proverb'), perhaps from 'ad-' (to) and a root related to 'aio' (I say); it reached English through French 'adage'.
What can ADAGE teach us?
An adage survives not because it is always true, but because it is true often enough to repeat.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.