sapient
English
/ˈseɪpɪənt/, /ˈseɪpiənt/
adj
Definitions
- Attempting to appear wise or discerning.
- (dated) Possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.
- (chiefly) Of a species or life-form, possessing intelligence or self-awareness.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sapient derived from Latin sapiēns (wise, discerning) root from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (research, try).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seh₁p-
Gloss
research, try
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- nonsapient English
- sapiential English
- sapientize English
- sapiently English
- savantism English
- homō Latin
- insapiens Latin
- insipientia Latin
- sapere Latin
- sapidus Latin
- sapientia Latin
- sapientissimus Latin
- sapiēns Latin
- sapiō Latin
- sapiō, sapere, sapio Latin
- sapor Latin
- sapĕre, sapio Latin
- sapōrem, sapor Latin
- sibus Latin
- īnsipidus Latin
- insipiente Italian
- insipienza Italian
- idiot savant French
- *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *sep-, *seh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- insipient Old French
- sapient Old French
- sapient Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Homo sapiens Translingual