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View synonyms for sapient
sapient
[ sey-pee-uhnt ]
adjective
- having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- having or showing self-awareness:
sapient life forms.
sapient
/ ˈseɪpɪənt /
adjective
- ironic.wise or sagacious
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Derived Forms
- ˈsapiently, adverb
- ˈsapience, noun
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Other Words From
- sa·pi·ence sa·pi·en·cy noun
- sa·pi·ent·ly adverb
- un·sa·pi·ent adjective
- un·sa·pi·ent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sapient1
C15: from Latin sapere to taste
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Example Sentences
Some affirm that he wrote to please royalty, but if so why did he not condemn the custom to appease the wrath of a sapient king.
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Therefore why be sapient and solemn about it, like an editorial in a newspaper?
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One sapient editor said that the pearls in the mussels in Salmon and Connecticut Rivers caused the disturbance.
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As this sapient precept dropped oracularly from his lips, a word at a time, his figure faded and turned pale.
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You are really inimitable, you stern guardians of morals and most sapient defenders of the immaculateness of the State!
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