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   Sa·pi·ent

   /ˈsāpēənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. wise, or attempting to appear wise: formal "members of the female quarter were more sapient but no less savage than the others"
   • ▪ (chiefly in science fiction) intelligent: "sapient life forms"
   • 2. relating to the human species (Homo sapiens): "our sapient ancestors of 40,000 years ago"

   noun

   • 1. a human of the species Homo sapiens.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sapient- ‘being wise’, from the verb sapere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. sapience noun
   • 2. sapiently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 9

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