sa·pi·ent (s  p - nt)adj. Having great wisdom and discernment. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapi ns, sapient-, present participle of sapere, to taste, be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]sa pi·ence n.sa pi·ent·ly adv. |
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| Noun | 1. | sapience - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight deepness, astuteness, profoundness, profundity, depth - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations know-how - the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something |
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