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  Sapient \Sa"pi*ent\, a. [L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to
     taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a.]
     Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.
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           Where the sapient king
           Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. --Milton.
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     Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.
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  sapient
       adj : acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be
             taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and
             thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious
             questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient
             advice to educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious]

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "sapient":
     authority, broad-minded, deep, discriminating, doctor, elder,
     elder statesman, erudite, great soul, guru, illuminate, intellect,
     intellectual, judicious, knowing, learned, lover of wisdom,
     mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master,
     mastermind, mentor, oracle, philosopher, profound, prudent, rabbi,
     rishi, sage, sane, savant, scholar, scholarly, seer, sensible,
     starets, thinker, thinking, wise, wise as Solomon, wise man,
     wise old man