sage

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  1. noun One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.
  2. adjective Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment.
  3. adjective Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment: sage advice.
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English sauge, from Old French, from Latin salvia, from salvus, healthy; see sol- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English sage, sauge, from Old French sage, also saives, French sage, dial. saige, seige = Provencal sage, savi, sabi = Spanish Portuguese sabio = Italian savio, saggio, from Late Latin *sabius (a later form of sapius, found only in comp. ne-sapius, unwise), from sapere, be wise: see sapid, sapient. Not connected with sagacious.
  2. from Middle English sauge, sawge, also save, from Old French sauge, saulge (also sauve), French sauge = Provencal Spanish Italian salvia = Portuguese salva = Anglo-Saxon saluige, salfige = Middle Dutch salgie, saelgie, salie, savie, selfe, Dutch sali = Middle Low German salvie, salvye, salveige = Old High German salbeiā, salveiā, Middle High German salveie, salbeie, German salbei = Swedish salvia = Danish salvie, from Latin salvia, the sage-plant: so called from the saving virtue attributed to the plant, from salvus, safe: see safe.
 

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