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111wise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sage, sagacious; learned, profound, deep; judicious, well advised; informal, impudent, rude. See knowledge, insolence. n. manner, method. wise guy wise man II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Judicious] Syn …
112savour — [13] Latin sapere meant both ‘taste’ and ‘be wise’. In the latter sense it has given English sapient, but the former only was preserved in its derived noun sapor ‘taste’. This found its way into English via Old French savour. The derivative… …
113Homo sapiens — 1802, in William Turton s translation of Linnæus, coined in Modern Latin from L. homo man (technically male human, but in logical and scholastic writing human being; see HOMUNCULUS (Cf. homunculus)) + sapiens, prp. of sapere be wise (see SAPIENT… …
114insipid — 1610s, without taste or perceptible flavor, from Fr. insipide (16c.), from L.L. inspidus tasteless, from L. in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sapidus tasty, from sapere have a taste (also be wise; see SAPIENT (Cf …
115insipient — (adj.) foolish, mid 15c., from L. insipientem (nom. insipiens) unwise, foolish, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + sapientem (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)). Now mostly, or wholly, disused to avoid confusion with incipient [OED] …
116sapid — 1630s, from L. sapidus “savory,” from sapere (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)) …
117sapience — c.1300, “wisdom, understanding,” from O.Fr. sapience, from L. sapientia, from sapientem (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)) …
118savant — 1719, from Fr. savant a learned man, noun use of adj. savant learned, knowing, former prp. of savoir to know, from O.Fr., from V.L. *sapere, from L. sapere be wise (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)) …
119savoir faire — 1815, from Fr., lit. to know (how) to do, from savoir to know (from L. sapere; see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)) + faire (from L. facere; see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)). Instinctive knowledge of the right course of action in any circumstance. French… …
120savor — early 13c., from O.Fr. savour, from L. saporem (nom. sapor) taste, flavor, related to sapere to have a flavor (see SAPIENT (Cf. sapient)). The verb (c.1300) is from O.Fr. savourer, from L.L. saporare, from L. sapor. Related: Savored; savoring …
