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sapient

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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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sa·pi·ent   (sā'pē-ənt)   
adj.  Having great wisdom and discernment.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapiēns, sapient-, present participle of sapere, to taste, be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]
sa'pi·ence n., sa'pi·ent·ly adv.
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