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sage ¹  (sj)

n.

One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.

adj. sag·er, sag·est

1. Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.

2. Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment: sage advice.

3. Archaic Serious; solemn.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]

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sagely adv.

sageness n.

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sage ¹

Noun

a person, esp. an old man, regarded as being very wise

Adjective

very wise or knowledgeable, esp. as the result of age or experience [Latin sapere to be sensible]

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sage ²

Noun

1. a Mediterranean plant with grey-green leaves which are used in cooking for flavouring

2. short for sagebrush [Latin salvus in good health (from its curative properties)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sage - a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom Hakham - a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man mahatma - (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage mentor, wise man - a wise and trusted guide and advisor
	2.	sage - aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc herb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities clary sage - fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb common sage, ramona, Salvia officinalis - shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
	3.	sage - any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb salvia herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests genus Salvia - large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage Salvia azurea, blue sage - blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States clary sage, Salvia clarea - stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery mealy sage, Salvia farinacea, blue sage - Texas sage having intensely blue flowers blue sage, Salvia lancifolia, Salvia reflexa - sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation chaparral sage, purple sage, Salvia leucophylla - silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers cancer weed, cancerweed, Salvia lyrata - sage of eastern United States common sage, ramona, Salvia officinalis - shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb meadow clary, Salvia pratensis - tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands clary, Salvia sclarea - aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental pitcher sage, Salvia spathacea - California erect and sparsely branched perennial Mexican mint, Salvia divinorum - an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin Salvia verbenaca, vervain sage, wild clary, wild sage - Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States
Adj.	1.	sage - having wisdom that comes with age and experience wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
	2.	sage - of the grey-green color of sage leaves sage-green chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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sage

noun 1. wise man, philosopher, guru, authority, expert, master, elder, pundit, Solomon, mahatma, Nestor, savant, Solon, man of learning, tohunga N.Z.

adjective 2. wise, learned, intelligent, sensible, politic, acute, discerning, prudent, canny, judicious, perspicacious, sagacious, sapient

Translations

sage [seɪdʒ] n (herb) → salvia;

(man) → sabio

sage [seɪdʒ] n (= herb) → sauge f (= person); sage m

sage [seɪdʒ] n (herb) → Salbei m;

(wise man) → Weise(r) m

sage [seɪdʒ] n (herb) → salvia;

(man) → saggio

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sage¹

n sage [seidʒ]

a plant whose leaves are used as flavouring in cooking. salie مَرْيَمِيَّه градински чай šalvěj salvie der Salbei φασκομηλιά salvia salvei گياه مريم گلي salvia sauge מַרווָה एक पौधा जिसका पत्ता पकाने में उपयोग किया जाता है kadulja, žalfija zsálya tanaman bumbu salvía salvia セージ 세이지(차조기과의 다년생 초본; 그 잎은 약용·조미료용) šalavijas salvija sej salie salvie szałwia sálvia salvie шалфей šalvia žajbelj žalfija salvia พืชตระกูลเดียวกับสะระแหน่ นำมาปรุงอาหาร ada çayı 蘇葉 шавлія ساج، سمندر سوکھ cây xô thơm 苏叶