sapience
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sa·pi·ent
(sā′pē-ənt)adj.
Having great wisdom and discernment.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapiēns, sapient-, present participle of sapere, to taste, be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]
sa′pi·ence n.
sa′pi·ent′ial (-ĕn′chəl) adj.
sa′pi·ent·ly adv.
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Noun | 1. | sapience - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight deepness, astuteness, profoundness, profundity, depth - the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations know-how - the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something |
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sapience
nounDeep, thorough, or mature understanding:
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