sapient

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Sapient
sa-pi-ent

adjective :: Wise; sage; discerning.

"This, of course, brought down an avalanche of suppositions, flooded with the sapient arguments of the two officials, who sent back and forth to each other a wearisome flood of nonsense." --de Balzac, Honore

sa·pi·ent (sp-nt)
adj.
Having great wisdom and discernment.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sapins, sapient-, present participle of sapere, to taste, be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.]



sapi·ence n.
sapi·ent·ly adv.

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. sapient - acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"
perspicacious, sagacious
wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

Kt
not so sapient but still homo Sapien.

[Slava]

One of our GWOTDs that never made it to the Agora. Here's the Good Dr.'s treatment of it:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/sapient

Would that more of our Dear Leaders were truly sapient.