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sage
1[ seyj ]
noun
- a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- someone venerated for the possession of wisdom, judgment, and experience.
adjective
- wise, judicious, or prudent:
sage advice.
Synonyms:
sage
2[ seyj ]
noun
- any plant or shrub belonging to the genus Salvia, of the mint family.
- an herb, Salvia officinalis, whose grayish-green leaves are used medicinally and in cooking.
- the leaves of the medicinal and culinary herb Salvia officinalis.
Sage
3[ seyj ]
noun
- Russell, 1816–1906, U.S. financier.
sage
1/ ɪ /
noun
- a man revered for his profound wisdom
adjective
- profoundly wise or prudent
- obsolete.solemn
sage
2/ ɪ /
noun
- a perennial Mediterranean plant, Salvia officinalis, having grey-green leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- the leaves of this plant, used in cooking for flavouring
- short for sagebrush
Derived Forms
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- · adverb adjective
- ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sage1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sage1
Origin of sage2
Example Sentences
I remind myself of this sage corrective, because like playwright Keiko Green, author of the new comedy “You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World!”
There are large mounds of California buckwheat, tall spires of sweet hummingbird sage and incandescently purple clusters of showy penstemon.
Then, coastal sage, buckwheat, wild grape, wildflowers, milkweed and other native plants will be planted on the roughly one-acre habitat.
we hadn’t considered is the extent to which a complicit entertainment industry has been softening us up by elevating clowns into sages.
Will those messianic qualities distill into sage leadership?
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