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sa·pi·ent

 (sā′pē-ənt)
adj.
Having great wisdom and discernment.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapiēns, sapient-, present participle of sapere, to taste, be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]

sa′pi·ence n.
sa′pi·ent′ial (-ĕn′chəl) adj.
sa′pi·ent·ly adv.
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sapient

(ˈseɪpɪənt)
adj
often ironic wise or sagacious
[C15: from Latin sapere to taste]
ˈsapience n
ˈsapiently adv
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sa•pi•ent

(ˈseɪ pi ənt)

adj.
1. having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
[1425–75; < Latin sapient-, s. of sapiēns, present participle of sapere to be wise, literally, to taste, have taste]
sa′pi•ence, sa′pi•en•cy, n.
sa′pi•ent•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sapient - 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"
wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
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sapient

adjective
1. Possessing or showing sound judgment and keen perception:
2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence:
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References in classic literature ?
The king my father, who was called Tinacrio the Sapient, was very learned in what they call magic arts, and became aware by his craft that my mother, who was called Queen Jaramilla, was to die before he did, and that soon after he too was to depart this life, and I was to be left an orphan without father or mother.
Swift and comprehensive is the recognition of white man for white man in African wilds; instant and sure is the spiritual greeting between mother and babe; unhesitatingly do master and dog commune across the slight gulf between animal and man; immeasurably quick and sapient are the brief messages between one and one's beloved.
"Oh, sapient servant of the law, condescend to tell us, then, what you KNOW."
"If he hold the herring he holds the scales, my sapient brother," cried the fat man.
The sapient pot-boy, looking on officially, then had the conviction borne in upon his soul, that the man was evermore outcast and excommunicate from the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters.
Neererhe drew, and many a walk travers'd Of stateliest Covert, Cedar, Pine, or Palme, Then voluble and bold, now hid, now seen Among thick-wov'n Arborets and Flours Imborderd on each Bank, the hand of EVE: Spot more delicious then those Gardens feign'd Or of reviv'd ADONIS, or renownd ALCINOUS, host of old LAERTES Son, Or that, not Mystic, where the Sapient King Held dalliance with his faire EGYPTIAN Spouse.
This, of course, brought down an avalanche of suppositions, flooded with the sapient arguments of the two officials, who sent back and forth to each other a wearisome flood of nonsense.
Nigel Vaz, Global CEO of Publicis Sapient commented: "Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank understood the opportunity for a bank of the future to innovate its business model in parallel with building a digitally enabled, client-centric enterprise.
Dubai: Publicis Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, and Microsoft, announced on Wednesday their partnership supporting the launch of the world's first end to end digital trade bank, Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank.
Sapient Global Markets, a part of the Publicis.Sapient digital transformation platform, is a provider of services to today's evolving financial and commodity markets.
Talents from across Leo Burnett, Starcom, Sapient Razorfish, Prodigious, MSL and Arc were involved.
In fact, she claims that Sapient tech specialists had begun trying to understand the functionality the platform might require and carried out some prototyping before Sadoun had even boarded the plane to India.