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sage ¹    (sj) KEY  

NOUN:

One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.

ADJECTIVE:
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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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
sagely (Adverb), sageness (Noun)

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