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   adage

   /ˈadɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth: "the old adage ‘out of sight out of mind’"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, from Latin adagium ‘saying’, based on an early form of aio ‘I say’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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