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aˈdagial, a. rare.|əˈdeɪdʒɪəl|
[a. Fr. adagial; see adage and -al1. Cf. proverbial.]
Of the nature of an adage, proverbial.
a1677Barrow Serm. (1687) I. 93 That adagial verse, Ἅµ' ἠλέηται καὶ τέθνηκεν ἡ χάρις, No sooner the courtesie born than the resentment thereof dead. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. §4, 64 Aristotle goes further than that old adagial saying (ἀρχὴ ἤµισυ παντός). 1869Contemp. Rev. XII. 219 This constant resort of Theocritus to adagial expressions. 1913Baring-Gould & Fisher Lives of Brit. Saints IV. 368 The poem is of an adagial or moral character. |