Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
ADAGE
proverb, adage, saw, byword
(noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adage (plural adages)
An old saying which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim
Synonyms
• proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm
• See also saying
Anagrams
• Gadea
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"age, n. Etym: [F. adage, fr. L. adagium; ad + the root of L. aio I say.]
Definition: An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb. Letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would," Like the poor cat i' the adage. Shak.
Syn.
– Axiom; maxim; aphorism; proverb; saying; saw; apothegm. See Axiom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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