Sagacious vs Sage - What's the difference?
sagacious | sage |
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
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Wise.
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(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
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A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
* 1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press (1973), ยง 34:
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
(Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply
Sagacious is a see also of sage.
As adjectives the difference between sagacious and sage
is that sagacious is having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness while sage is wise.As a noun sage is
a wise man or spiritual teacher; a man of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher or sage can be a savory spice, salvia officinalis , also planted for ornamental purposes.As a interjection sage is
(internet slang).As a verb sage is
(internet slang) the act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.sagacious
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
*Derived terms
* sagaciously * sagaciousnessReferences
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) sage (11th century), from . The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece .Adjective
(er)- All you sage counsellors, hence!
- commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
- [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
* sagaciousNoun
(en noun)- We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage .