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sa⋅pi⋅ent

  [sey-pee-uhnt]
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–adjective
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME sapyent < L sapient- (s. of sapiēns, prp. of sapere to be wise, lit., to taste, have taste), equiv. to sapi- verb s. + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
sa⋅pi⋅ence, sa⋅pi⋅en⋅cy, noun
sa⋅pi⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

sapient 
"wise," 1468, from O.Fr. sapient, from L. sapientem (nom. sapiens), prp. of sapere "to taste, have taste, be wise," from PIE base *sep- "to taste, perceive" (cf. O.S. an-sebban "to perceive, remark," O.H.G. antseffen, O.E. sefa "mind, understanding, insight"). Sapience "wisdom, understanding" is recorded from c.1300.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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