homo sapiens | (n) the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc |
homo sapiens sapiens | (n) subspecies of Homo sapiens; includes all modern races, Syn. modern man |
sapiens | (adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Homo sapiens |
sapiential | (adj) characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God |
sapiential book | (n) any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom, Syn. wisdom book, wisdom literature |
astutely | (adv) in a shrewd manner, Syn. sagaciously, acutely, sapiently, shrewdly |
edible banana | (n) widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit, Syn. Musa paradisiaca sapientum |
neandertal man | (n) extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia, Syn. Neandertal, Neanderthal, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, Neanderthal man |
perspicacious | (adj) acutely insightful and wise, Syn. sagacious, sapient |
wisdom | (n) ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight, Syn. sapience |
Sapience | n. [ L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See Sapient.. ] The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your scattered sapience. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Sapient | a. [ L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a. ] Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt. [ 1913 Webster ] Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Sapiential | a. [ L. sapientialis. ] Having or affording wisdom. -- Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] The sapiential books of the Old [Testament]. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] |
Sapientious | a. Sapiential. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Sapientize | v. t. To make sapient. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Sapiently | adv. In a sapient manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |