adage

Definition

An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium.

Example Sentences

• "He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure.""
• "Like the poore Cat i’ th’ Addage."