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English Dictionary: sapient	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sapient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): perspicacious, sagacious, sapient
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sapient \Sa"pient\, 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. Where the sapient* king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. --Milton. Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.