It was one of the first organizations in the building, along with the Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (sage).
sage and sausage patty came next, served between cumin scented Buttermilk biscuits and smothered in a black pepper country gravy.
In any case, it was Solzhenitsyn who explained this to me and not some sage I met in the prison yard.
Will a sage coach like John Calipari be able to outwit a relative newcomer in Kevin Ollie, he of a mere two seasons on the job?
From here on, he was a philosopher, a sage, and his interviews were stuffed full of dicta, parables and eternal paradoxes.
"I am satisfied with the pursuit of wisdom, not with the fame of it," replied the sage.
You may think that your sage counsels restrained her, but they did not; it was that she loved some one else.
He was still chuckling when he spoke, sage from much experience of ocean travel.
Why in this world are you talking about stones and sage and greasewood?
She seemed born, not only to captivate the giddy, but to turn the heads of the sage.
"wise," c.1300 (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French sage "wise, knowledgeable, learned; shrewd, skillful" (11c.), from Gallo-Romance *sabius, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere "have a taste, have good taste, be wise," from PIE root *sap- "to taste" (see sap (n.1)). Meaning "characterized by wisdom" is from 1530s. Related: Sageness.
kind of herb (Salvia officinalis), early 14c., from Old French sauge (13c.), from Latin salvia, from salvus "healthy" (see safe (adj.)). So called for its healing or preserving qualities (it was used to keep teeth clean and relieve sore gums, and boiled in water to make a drink to alleviate arthritis). In English folklore, sage, like parsley, is said to grow best where the wife is dominant. In late Old English as salvie, directly from Latin. Cf. German Salbei, also from Latin.
"man of profound wisdom," mid-14c., from sage (adj.). Originally applied to the Seven Sages -- Thales, Solon, Periander, Cleobulus, Chilon, Bias, and Pittacus.
