A saying; discourse; speech. Obsolete.

A saying; a speech, a statement. Cf. queath, n.

A song, poem, speech, tale, riddle. Obsolete.

A pithy or aphoristic utterance; a saying; a maxim; a proverb. Now rare or merged in sense A. 1.

Wise discourse or teaching; with a and plural, a wise saying or precept. Now rare or archaic.

A current saying; a proverb.

A proverbial saying; a homespun maxim or aphorism. Obsolete.

A quoted saying of some eminent person, an apophthegm. Also, a pithy or pointed saying, an aphorism, maxim. Obsolete exc. Historical.

A short passage from some book or writer considered as authoritative; a received maxim or axiom; a proverb; an adage; in later use, esp. one used…

A saying, a maxim. In early use also more generally: †something said, a statement (obsolete).

A saying, a remark. Cf. dict, n.1 Obsolete. rare.

Narrative; a story, tale; a saying, proverb. Obsolete.

A saying, a proverb, an adage. Now Scottish and Irish English (northern).

A traditional maxim; a proverb or short statement expressing a general truth.

Any of a collection of notable passages, extracts, etc., compiled to form the contents of a book, typically divided into topics or themes; (in…

A maxim, proverb; = adage, n.1

A true or wise saying; a proverb, saw. Obsolete. rare.

A principle or rule of law or conduct; an axiom. Cf. maxim, n.1 Obsolete.

A terse, pointed saying, embodying an important truth in few words; a pithy or sententious maxim.

A current saying or assertion. Obsolete.

A short pithy statement of a general truth; a proverb, maxim, aphorism, or apophthegm. Also spec. with reference to Old English verse.

Any principle or precept expressed in few words; a short pithy sentence containing a truth of general import; a maxim.

A motto: = impresa, n. 2.

figurative. In uses suggestive of association with speak, v.: A saying, maxim, remark. Obsolete.

transferred. A brief or sententious statement; a formula, motto, maxim; occasionally a summary, synopsis. Obsolete.

gen. A proposition, esp. one which is pithily worded, expressing a general truth drawn from science or experience.

A saying, a statement. Obsolete. rare.

A motto, sentence: = impresa, n. 2. Obsolete.

A pithy expression, a saying. Cf. mot, n.2 Obsolete.

A generally accepted observation or saying, an adage, a saw.

The sentence accompanying an emblem; hence, a motto, maxim, proverb. Obsolete.

A generally accepted observation or saying; = dictum, n. 1b.

A saying, dictum, maxim. Also ‖eˈffatum (plural effata).

An epigrammatical expression of some striking or agreeable thought or wish, often of the nature of a proverb or in proverbial language, announced in…

a concise saying, a maxim, an aphorism.

gen.

= sentence, n. 4a. Also in modern use, a thought or reflection.