sapientadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈseɪpɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈseɪpiənt/,

/ˈsæpiənt/

Etymology: < Old French sapient or < Latin sapient-em wise, noun, wise man, present participle of sapĕre to have a taste or savour, to be sensible or wise.

A. adj.

a. Wise. (A learned synonym, in serious use now only poetic.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective]

glewc725

wiselyc900

snoterc950

wiseOE

keena1000

witterc1100

redewisec1225

redefulc1275

well-donec1275

witfulc1275

sage1297

redya1325

heartya1382

prudenta1382

hearteda1425

subtilea1450

sapient1471

Palladian1562

wittiful1590

judicious1591

cordate1651

sophical1739

sophica1773

sapientious1852

unbesotted1875

sapiential1882

1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. viii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 150 Of thys Pryncyple spekyth Sapyent Guydo.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Miij Thou haste me sauyd, by councell sapient Out of hell mouth.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 4 That maist sapient prince.., ihone of loran.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) v. 229 In Scriptures he is not counted sapient that before he build a house will not first count the charge of it.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 442 Where the Sapient King Held dalliance with his faire Egyptian Spouse.

1809 W. Wordsworth Alas! what Boots in Sonn. to Liberty If sapient Germany must lie deprest Beneath the brutal sword.

1868 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Inferno iv. 149 Another way my sapient Guide conducts me.

b. now usually ironical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [adjective]

wiseOE

over-wisea1425

self-wise1573

wiseacred1603

nod-crafty1608

sapienta1763

sage1816

wiseacreish1834

a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 285 Nor think some miser vents his sapient saw.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 531 Now tell me, dignified and sapient Sir.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 337 The œconomy which has been introduced by the virtuous and sapient assembly.

1822 C. Lamb Detached Thoughts on Bks. in Elia 2nd Ser. I think I see them at their work—these sapient trouble-tombs.

1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar ii. xvi Then the group of women at the gate separated with many a sapient comment.

c. Having knowledge of, aware of. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adjective] > knowing, aware

wareOE

witterc1100

awarea1250

knowing1504

foreseen?1569

waring1571

guilty1599

cognoscent1649

self-conscious1694

sapient1764

knowledgeable1825

cognizant1839

knowful1937

1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane ii. 70 Thy herds, as sapient of the coming storm..In troops associate.

†2. Used in the originally sense of Latin sapĕre: Having a taste or savour, sapid. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > having taste

savoureda1398

gusted1535

verdured1541

smoky1542

relished1567

sapient1599

tasted1604

sapid1634

gustable1657

saporousa1670

palated1671

tremulous1675

saltly1736

garlicky1775

slaty1824

trufflesque1841

pepperminty1854

flavoured1867

tasting1907

tomatoey1909

1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. B4^v Of euerie substance sapient, the sapor and the taist..the mouth will try in haist.

3. Physical Anthropology. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of modern man, Homo sapiens.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind

mannisheOE

fleshlyc1175

manlya1225

fleshya1400

human1495

microcosmical1570

microcosmala1644

anthropic1816

microcosmic1816

humanitary1851

hominal1861

hominine1883

neanthropic1894

pan-human1900

sapient1971

1971 Nature 28 May 213/1 At sites in East Africa can be seen evidence of the various stages of human evolution—the older levels have the remains of the australopithecines and the younger levels have, in succession, early hominines and, finally, fully sapient types.

1976 Nature 5 Aug. 487/1 It [sc. the Ndutu cranium] differs from Swanscombe and Steinheim in its occipital curvature and in that the mastoid of Steinheim is sapient in form.

B. n.

1. [= Latin sapiens.] A wise man, sage. In later use only jocularly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun]

wise manc888

wisec897

witec900

snoterc950

divinera1387

sage1399

mage?a1425

wisdom1432

wizardc1440

sapientc1550

Solomon1554

oracle1579

sophy1587

Solon1631

sapientipotent1656

magus1700

wiseacre1753

sageshipa1832

Yoda1984

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvi. 112 Conformand til ane addagia of ane of the seuyn sapientis callit mimus publianus.

?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. E4 Mirth in seasonable time taken, is not forbidden by the austerest Sapients.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 110 He must be an Antiquary with Nestor: an Historian with Plutarch, and a Sapient with Cato.

1827 W. Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiii. 299 ‘She canna do that,’ said another sapient of the same profession.

†2. = sapience n. [? A confusion or mis-writing.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun]

righteousnesseOE

snoterc950

witnessc950

wisdomOE

insightc1175

witc1175

smeighnessc1200

sleighta1300

witternessa1300

inwitc1305

wittiheadc1315

wisenessc1320

witterheda1325

wisehede1340

slyness1357

sapience1377

wisdomhood138.

prudencea1382

sapienta1400

sentencec1400

advice?a1439

sophyc1440

profunditya1500

wittiness1543

Minerva1601

depth1605

Sophia1649

visionariness1817

a1400–50 Alexander 622 Þan was he lede furthe be-lyfe to lere at þe scole, As sone as to þat sapient him-self was of elde.

a1400–50 Alexander 2526 Þare had I siȝt of þe segg, his sapient [Dubl. MS. sapiens] I herde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sapient
释义	sapientadj.n. Brit. /ˈseɪpɪənt/, U.S. /ˈseɪpiənt/, /ˈsæpiənt/ Etymology: < Old French sapient or < Latin sapient-em wise, noun, wise man, present participle of sapĕre to have a taste or savour, to be sensible or wise. A. adj. 1. a. Wise. (A learned synonym, in serious use now only poetic.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] glewc725 wiselyc900 snoterc950 wiseOE keena1000 witterc1100 redewisec1225 redefulc1275 well-donec1275 witfulc1275 sage1297 redya1325 heartya1382 prudenta1382 hearteda1425 subtilea1450 sapient1471 Palladian1562 wittiful1590 judicious1591 cordate1651 sophical1739 sophica1773 sapientious1852 unbesotted1875 sapiential1882 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. viii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 150 Of thys Pryncyple spekyth Sapyent Guydo. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Miij Thou haste me sauyd, by councell sapient Out of hell mouth. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 4 That maist sapient prince.., ihone of loran. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) v. 229 In Scriptures he is not counted sapient that before he build a house will not first count the charge of it. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 442 Where the Sapient King Held dalliance with his faire Egyptian Spouse. View more context for this quotation 1809 W. Wordsworth Alas! what Boots in Sonn. to Liberty If sapient Germany must lie deprest Beneath the brutal sword. 1868 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Inferno iv. 149 Another way my sapient Guide conducts me. b. now usually ironical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > pretender to wisdom, wiseacre > [adjective] wiseOE over-wisea1425 self-wise1573 wiseacred1603 nod-crafty1608 sapienta1763 sage1816 wiseacreish1834 a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 285 Nor think some miser vents his sapient saw. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 531 Now tell me, dignified and sapient Sir. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 337 The œconomy which has been introduced by the virtuous and sapient assembly. View more context for this quotation 1822 C. Lamb Detached Thoughts on Bks. in Elia 2nd Ser. I think I see them at their work—these sapient trouble-tombs. 1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar ii. xvi Then the group of women at the gate separated with many a sapient comment. c. Having knowledge of, aware of. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > [adjective] > knowing, aware wareOE witterc1100 awarea1250 knowing1504 foreseen?1569 waring1571 guilty1599 cognoscent1649 self-conscious1694 sapient1764 knowledgeable1825 cognizant1839 knowful1937 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane ii. 70 Thy herds, as sapient of the coming storm..In troops associate. †2. Used in the originally sense of Latin sapĕre: Having a taste or savour, sapid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [adjective] > having taste savoureda1398 gusted1535 verdured1541 smoky1542 relished1567 sapient1599 tasted1604 sapid1634 gustable1657 saporousa1670 palated1671 tremulous1675 saltly1736 garlicky1775 slaty1824 trufflesque1841 pepperminty1854 flavoured1867 tasting1907 tomatoey1909 1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. B4^v Of euerie substance sapient, the sapor and the taist..the mouth will try in haist. 3. Physical Anthropology. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of modern man, Homo sapiens. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind mannisheOE fleshlyc1175 manlya1225 fleshya1400 human1495 microcosmical1570 microcosmala1644 anthropic1816 microcosmic1816 humanitary1851 hominal1861 hominine1883 neanthropic1894 pan-human1900 sapient1971 1971 Nature 28 May 213/1 At sites in East Africa can be seen evidence of the various stages of human evolution—the older levels have the remains of the australopithecines and the younger levels have, in succession, early hominines and, finally, fully sapient types. 1976 Nature 5 Aug. 487/1 It [sc. the Ndutu cranium] differs from Swanscombe and Steinheim in its occipital curvature and in that the mastoid of Steinheim is sapient in form. B. n. 1. [= Latin sapiens.] A wise man, sage. In later use only jocularly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] wise manc888 wisec897 witec900 snoterc950 divinera1387 sage1399 mage?a1425 wisdom1432 wizardc1440 sapientc1550 Solomon1554 oracle1579 sophy1587 Solon1631 sapientipotent1656 magus1700 wiseacre1753 sageshipa1832 Yoda1984 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvi. 112 Conformand til ane addagia of ane of the seuyn sapientis callit mimus publianus. ?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. E4 Mirth in seasonable time taken, is not forbidden by the austerest Sapients. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 110 He must be an Antiquary with Nestor: an Historian with Plutarch, and a Sapient with Cato. 1827 W. Scott Two Drovers in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. I. xiii. 299 ‘She canna do that,’ said another sapient of the same profession. †2. = sapience n. [? A confusion or mis-writing.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun] righteousnesseOE snoterc950 witnessc950 wisdomOE insightc1175 witc1175 smeighnessc1200 sleighta1300 witternessa1300 inwitc1305 wittiheadc1315 wisenessc1320 witterheda1325 wisehede1340 slyness1357 sapience1377 wisdomhood138. prudencea1382 sapienta1400 sentencec1400 advice?a1439 sophyc1440 profunditya1500 wittiness1543 Minerva1601 depth1605 Sophia1649 visionariness1817 a1400–50 Alexander 622 Þan was he lede furthe be-lyfe to lere at þe scole, As sone as to þat sapient him-self was of elde. a1400–50 Alexander 2526 Þare had I siȝt of þe segg, his sapient [Dubl. MS. sapiens] I herde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1400
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