† 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.
| 1549 Compl. Scotl. xv. 127 Conformand til ane adagia of ane of the seuyn sapientis of rome. 1570 R. Ascham Scholem. ii. (Arb.) 128 All adagies, all similitudes and all wittie sayinges. 1591 Horsey Trav. (1857) 266 This true adagium, Si Christum s[c]is, nihill est si cetera non s[c]is. 1642 Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 255 Quips and snapping adagies. 1656 Jer. Taylor Deus Justif. Ep. Ded., That wise Heathen said rarely well in his little adagie. a 1670 Hacket Life of Williams i. (1693) 17 The Greek Adagy goes, Nil sine Theseo. |