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noun

a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.

someone venerated for the possession of wisdom, judgment, and experience.

adjective

wise, judicious, or prudent: sage advice.

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a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (noun and adj.) < Old French < Late Latin sapidus wise, tasteful (Latin: tasty), equivalent to sap(ere) to know, be wise, orig. to taste (see sapient) + -idus -id⁴

Related forms

sage·ly, adverb

sage·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. philosopher. 3. sagacious.

Antonyms
1. fool.

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To them, the famadihana is a time to convey the latest family news to the deceased and ask them for blessings and sagely guidance.

Fleischman had a hook that sagely took into account the self-consciously erudite posturing of so many food enthusiasts today.

The high-spirited child so ready to advise his father sagely was reduced to a frightened, blubbering coward within six months.

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sage¹ (seɪdʒ)

—n
1.	a man revered for his profound wisdom

—*adj*
2.	profoundly wise or prudent
3.	obsolete solemn

[C13: from Old French, from Latin sapere to be sensible; see sapient]

'sagely¹

—*adv*

'sageness¹

—n

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Word Origin & History

sage

"wise," c.1300, from O.Fr. sage (11c.), from Gallo-Romance *sabius, from V.L. *sapius, from L. sapere "have a taste, have good taste, be wise," from PIE base *sap- "to taste." The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from c.1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages -- Thales, Solon, Periander,

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"They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: "You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.""

-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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