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noun

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A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.

synonyms: adage, proverb, saw.

Roget 496: maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot [Fr.], motto, word, byword, ... show more

Roget 563: neology, neologism; newfangled expression, nonce expression; back-formation; caconym; barbarism.    archaism, black letter, monkish Latin.    corruption, missaying, malapropism, antiphrasis.    ... show more

Roget 564: nomenclature; naming etc. v.; nuncupation, nomination, baptism; orismology; onomatopoeia; antonomasia.    name; appelation, appelative; designation, ... show more

Dutch: spreuk, gezegde, proverbium, scheldnaam, schimpnaam, spotnaam, spreekwoord
Polish: przysłowie, porzekadło


Moby thesaurus: adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, appellation, appellative, axiom, binomen, binomial name, burning shame, butt, byname, byword of reproach, catch phrase, catchword, cliche, cognomen, collected sayings ... show more.

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