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sapient
(encz) | sapient,moudrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sapient
(encz) | sapient,mudrlant n: Zdeněk Brož |
sapient
(encz) | sapient,plný moudrosti Zdeněk Brož |
Sapient
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | sapient
adj 1: 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, sapient] |
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sapiential
(encz) | sapiential, adj: |
sapiential book
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sapiently
(encz) | sapiently, adv: |
Musa sapientum
(gcide) | Musa \Mu"sa\, prop. n.; pl. Musae. [NL., fr. Ar. mauz, mauza,
banana.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great
size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain
(Musa paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct
species), the Abyssinian (Musa Ensete), the Philippine
Island (Musa textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about
eighteen other species. See Illust. of Banana and
Plantain.
[1913 Webster]Banana \Ba*na"na\ (b[.a]*n[aum]"n[.a]; 277), n. [Sp. banana,
name of the fruit.] (Bot.)
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size ({Musa
sapientum}); also, its edible fruit. See Musa.
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Note: The banana has a soft, herbaceous stalk, with leaves of
great length and breadth. The flowers grow in bunches,
covered with a sheath of a green or purple color; the
fruit is five or six inches long, and over an inch in
diameter; the pulp is soft, and of a luscious taste,
and is eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is a
native of tropical countries, and furnishes an
important article of food.
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Banana bird (Zool.), a small American bird ({Icterus
leucopteryx}), which feeds on the banana.
Banana quit (Zool.), a small bird of tropical America, of
the genus Certhiola, allied to the creepers.
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Sapient
(gcide) | 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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Sapiential
(gcide) | Sapiential \Sa`pi*en"tial\, a. [L. sapientialis.]
Having or affording wisdom. -- Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv.
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The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Sapientially
(gcide) | Sapiential \Sa`pi*en"tial\, a. [L. sapientialis.]
Having or affording wisdom. -- Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv.
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The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. --Jer.
Taylor.
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Sapientious
(gcide) | Sapientious \Sa`pi*en"tious\, a.
Sapiential. [Obs.]
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Sapientize
(gcide) | Sapientize \Sa"pi*ent*ize\, v. t.
To make sapient. [R.] --Coleridge.
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Sapiently
(gcide) | Sapiently \Sa"pi*ent*ly\, adv.
In a sapient manner.
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musa paradisiaca sapientum
(wn) | Musa paradisiaca sapientum
n 1: widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact
hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow
fruit [syn: edible banana, Musa paradisiaca sapientum] |
sapiential
(wn) | sapiential
adj 1: characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God; "a
sapiential government" |
sapiential book
(wn) | sapiential book
n 1: any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of
Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are
considered to contain wisdom [syn: sapiential book,
wisdom book, wisdom literature] |
sapiently
(wn) | sapiently
adv 1: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely";
"he was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly,
sagaciously, sapiently, acutely] |
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