Sapient
Sapient [ SEY-pee-uh’ nt ] | |
[ adjective ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. sagacious, wise or shrewd 2. pertaining to or of humans viz. homo sapiens | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
His sapient inputs made the presentation a success. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
As Andrei Piontkovsky, a sapient Russian commentator, points out, an alliance between Russia and China would be like one between a rabbit and a boa constrictor, with Russia as the lapine element. |
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