verb sapphr.

Brit.

/ˌvəːb ˈsap/, U.S.

/ˌvərb ˈsæp/

Forms: 1700s– verb. sap., 1800s– verb sap (without points).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: verbum sapienti phr.; Latin verbum sapienti sat est.

Etymology: Shortened < verbum sapienti phr., or its etymon post-classical Latin verbum sapienti sat est ‘a word is sufficient to a wise person’ (see verbum sapienti phr.), as a graphic abbreviation.

Used in place of making or concluding a full statement or explanation of something, implying that further explanation or comment is unnecessary or unadvisable, or that an intelligent person may easily infer what is left unsaid, or understand the reasons for reticence. Cf. a word to the wise at wise adj. 6c.

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1786 R. Cumberland Observer III. lxxx. 192 Mediocribus esse poetis—the reader can supply the rest—verb. sap.

1819 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 27 Nov. The Boston papers are generally a day too late.—Verb. sap.

1841 E. Brontë in Brontës: Lives, Friendships & Corr. (1932) I. x. 238 I have just made a new regularity paper! and I mean verb sap to do great things.

1939 Scotsman 22 Apr. 17/1 Mussolini declared that Italian interests in the Adriatic did not exclude those of Yugoslavia. Verb. sap.

1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo ii. 40 Mind your Ps and Qs, if I were you. Verb. sap.—eh?

2003 Independent (Nexis) 19 Apr. 20 In ancient Rome..statues of the emperors were made with detachable heads for easy replacement after the inevitable strike by poison or the Praetorian Guard. Verb sap, Mr Jabiri.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verb sap
释义	verb sapphr. Brit. /ˌvəːb ˈsap/, U.S. /ˌvərb ˈsæp/ Forms: 1700s– verb. sap., 1800s– verb sap (without points). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: verbum sapienti phr.; Latin verbum sapienti sat est. Etymology: Shortened < verbum sapienti phr., or its etymon post-classical Latin verbum sapienti sat est ‘a word is sufficient to a wise person’ (see verbum sapienti phr.), as a graphic abbreviation. Used in place of making or concluding a full statement or explanation of something, implying that further explanation or comment is unnecessary or unadvisable, or that an intelligent person may easily infer what is left unsaid, or understand the reasons for reticence. Cf. a word to the wise at wise adj. 6c. ΚΠ 1786 R. Cumberland Observer III. lxxx. 192 Mediocribus esse poetis—the reader can supply the rest—verb. sap. 1819 Providence (Rhode Island) Patriot 27 Nov. The Boston papers are generally a day too late.—Verb. sap. 1841 E. Brontë in Brontës: Lives, Friendships & Corr. (1932) I. x. 238 I have just made a new regularity paper! and I mean verb sap to do great things. 1939 Scotsman 22 Apr. 17/1 Mussolini declared that Italian interests in the Adriatic did not exclude those of Yugoslavia. Verb. sap. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Young Pattullo ii. 40 Mind your Ps and Qs, if I were you. Verb. sap.—eh? 2003 Independent (Nexis) 19 Apr. 20 In ancient Rome..statues of the emperors were made with detachable heads for easy replacement after the inevitable strike by poison or the Praetorian Guard. Verb sap, Mr Jabiri. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < phr.1786
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