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单词 sapience
释义 sapi·ence
\ˈsāpēən(t)s, ˈsap-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin sapientia, from sapient-, sapiens (present participle) + -ia -y
1.
 a. : the quality of being sapient : profound knowledge : wisdom, sageness
  < the perspective of four or five decades informing his judgment with a clarity and authority which are what we mean by sapience — E.A.Weeks >
 b. obsolete : wisdom regarding ultimate principles in speculative or theoretical rather than practical knowledge
  < wisdom … may denote either sapience, a habit of knowing what is true; or prudence, a disposition of choosing what is good — Isaac Barrow >
2. obsolete : exactness and discrimination in expression
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