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† ˈadagy Obs.
Also 6–7 adagie.
[ad. L. adagium (see adage), also found unchanged, and (improperly) as adagia.]
A by-form of adage, frequent in 17th c.
1549Compl. Scotl. xv. 127 Conformand til ane adagia of ane of the seuyn sapientis of rome. 1570R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 128 All adagies, all similitudes and all wittie sayinges. 1591Horsey Trav. (1857) 266 This true adagium, Si Christum s[c]is, nihill est si cetera non s[c]is. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 255 Quips and snapping adagies. 1656Jer. Taylor Deus Justif. Ep. Ded., That wise Heathen said rarely well in his little adagie. a1670Hacket Life of Williams i. (1693) 17 The Greek Adagy goes, Nil sine Theseo. |