adage
noun
[ ˈadɪdʒ ]
• a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.
• "the old adage ‘out of sight out of mind’"
Similar:
saying,
maxim,
axiom,
proverb,
aphorism,
saw,
dictum,
precept,
epigram,
epigraph,
motto,
truism,
platitude,
cliché,
commonplace,
words of wisdom,
pearls of wisdom,
expression,
phrase,
formula,
slogan,
quotation,
apophthegm,
gnome,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French, from Latin adagium ‘saying’, based on an early form of aio ‘I say’.
