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| | sapient | (เซ'เพียนทฺ) adj. ฉลาด, ปราดเปรื่อง, วางท่าฉลาด., See also: sapience, sapiency n., Syn. sagacious, wise | | sapiential | (เซพิเอน'เชิล) adj. เกี่ยวกับความฉลาด, เกี่ยวกับสติปัญญา |
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| | Sapient | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Where the sapient king
Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Sapiential | a. [ L. sapientialis. ] Having or affording wisdom. -- Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] | | Sapientious | a. Sapiential. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] | | Sapientize | v. t. To make sapient. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Sapiently | adv. In a sapient manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | sapiential | (adj) characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God | | sapiential_book | (n) any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom, Syn. sapiential book, wisdom literature, wisdom book | | perspicacious | (adj) acutely insightful and wise, Syn. sapient, sagacious |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sapient
adj 1: 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}, {sapient}]
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