Today's Word "Sapient"
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sapient \SEY-pi-yehnt\ (adjective) - Possessed of notable wisdom; sagacious to the point of prescience. The noun is "sapience" and the adverb, "sapiently." It is a somewhat more erudite term for "sagacious."
"Jace indicated that he would not call Serena's investment in the electric fork company a sapient financial move."
From Latin sapient- present participle of sapere "taste, be wise." Also found in homo sapiens "wise human" = human species. Underlying root sap- "taste, perceive" developed into English sage, French savoir "know" (participle savant "knowing") and savour, and Spanish saber "know" from which "savvy" was borrowed.
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