sage¹

(sāj)

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.

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

sage′ly adv.

sage′ness n.

sage2

common sage

Salvia officinalis

sage²

(sāj)

a. Any of various plants of the genus Salvia of the mint family, especially S. officinalis, having aromatic grayish-green leaves.

b. The leaves of S. officinalis used as a seasoning.

2. Any of various similar or related plants, chiefly in the mint family.

3. Sagebrush.

[Middle English sauge, from Old French, from Latin salvia, from salvus, healthy; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]

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sageness

noun

1. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging:

acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, wit.

2. Deep, thorough, or mature understanding:

insight, profundity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sapience, wisdom.

Translations

saggezza

sageness

n → Weisheit f

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"You don't know how much you don't know, because you don't know," he added with an almost Confucius-like sageness, leaving the 23-year-old crushed.

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"Morals and enlightenment are our prime necessities"/"Moral y luces son nuestras primeras necesidades"/"Moral e luzes sao nossas primeiras necessidades"

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