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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Where the sapient king
           Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair
           Egyptian spouse.                         --Milton.
  
     Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sapient
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la sapiō  3 p futr actv indc)
     Old French a.
     wise; (l en sapient)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sapient
     a.
     Attempting to appear wise or discerning.
     n.
     (lb en chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sapient
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la sapiō  3 p futr actv indc)
     Old French a.
     wise; (l en sapient)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sapient
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la sapiō  3 p futr actv indc)
     Old French a.
     wise; (l en sapient)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sapient /sˈapiənt/
  عاقل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  sapient //ˈseɪpiənt// //ˈseɪpɪənt// 
  мъдър
  possessing wisdom and discernment

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/ 
  moudrý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/
  plný moudrosti

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/ 
  mudrlant

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/
  weise, klug, scharfsinnig 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/ 
  1. प्रज्ञ
        "Madam Curie is sapient in science."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/
  pametan, razborit

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  sapient /sˈapiənt/
  1. akıllı, dirayetli (bazen istihza yollu kullanılır) sapience, -cy  akıl, dirayet. sapiently  akıllıca, dirayetle.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 装聪明样的,聪明的,伶俐的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 装聪明样的,聪明的,伶俐的,有见识的

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