Sapient \Sa"pi*ent\, a. [L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to
taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a.]
Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.
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Where the sapient king
Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. --Milton.
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Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sapient
adj : acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be
taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and
thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious
questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient
advice to educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "sapient":
authority, broad-minded, deep, discriminating, doctor, elder,
elder statesman, erudite, great soul, guru, illuminate, intellect,
intellectual, judicious, knowing, learned, lover of wisdom,
mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master,
mastermind, mentor, oracle, philosopher, profound, prudent, rabbi,
rishi, sage, sane, savant, scholar, scholarly, seer, sensible,
starets, thinker, thinking, wise, wise as Solomon, wise man,
wise old man
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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