sage
Meaning
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- wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
- Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
- good, well-behaved, not naughty
Concepts
be wise
be prudent
wise person
sage-green
wise to
quick learner
in one’s right mind
Synonyms
homme sage
être prudent
sain d’esprit
salvia
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/saʒ/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French sage, from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapium from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.
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