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Webster 1913 Edition

Sage

Sage

,
Noun.
[OE.
sauge
, F.
sauge
, L.
salvia
, from
salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe
.]
(Bot.)
(a)
A suffruticose labiate plant (
Salvia officinalis
) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b)
The sagebrush.
Meadow sage
(Bot.)
,
a blue-flowered species of
Salvia
(
Salvia pratensis
) growing in meadows in Europe.
–
Sage cheese
,
cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk.
–
Sage cock
(Zool.)
,
the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
–
Sage green
,
of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage.
–
Sage grouse
(Zool.)
,
a very large American grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus
), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also
cock of the plains
. The male is called
sage cock
, and the female
sage hen
.
–
Sage hare
, or
Sage rabbit
(Zool.)
,
a species of hare (
Lepus Nuttalli
syn.
Lepus artemisia
) which inhabits the arid regions of
Western North America
and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
–
Sage hen
(Zool.)
,
the female of the sage grouse.
–
Sage sparrow
(Zool.)
,
a small sparrow (
Amphispiza Belli
, var.
Nevadensis
) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
–
Sage thrasher
(Zool.)
,
a singing bird (
Oroscoptes montanus
) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of
Western North America
.
–
Sage willow
(Bot.)
,
a species of willow (
Salix tristis
) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves.

Sage

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sager
;
sup
erl.
Sagest
.]
[F., fr. L.
sapius
(only in
nesapius
unwise, foolish), fr.
sapere
to be wise; perhaps akin to E.
sap
. Cf.
Savor
,
Sapient
,
Insipid
.]
1.
Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
All you
sage
counselors, hence!
Shakespeare
2.
Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of
sage
advice, counseled the general to retreat.
Milton.
3.
Grave; serious; solemn.
[R.]
“[Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.”
Milton.
Syn. – Wise; sagacious; sapient; grave; prudent; judicious.

Sage

,
Noun.
A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
At his birth a star,
Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come,
And guides the Eastern
sages
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sage

SAGE

,
Noun.
A plant of the genius Salvia, of several species; as the officinalis, or common large sage, of several varieties; the tomentosa or balsamic sage; the auriculata, or sage of virtue; and the pomifera.

SAGE

,
Adj.
[L. saga, sagus, sagio. See sagacious.]
1.
Wise; having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; as a sage counselor.
2.
Wise; judicious; proceeding from wisdom; well judged; well adapted to the purpose; as sage counsels.

SAGE

,
Noun.
A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; particularly, a man venerable for years, and known as a man of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
At his birth a star proclaims him come, and guides the eastern sages.
Groves where immortal sages taught.

Definition 2024

Sage

Sage

See also: sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English

Proper noun

Sage ‎(plural Sages)

  1. A male given name
  2. A female given name

German

Etymology

From Old High German saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaː.ɡə/

Noun

Sage f ‎(genitive Sage, plural Sagen)

  1. saga, legend, myth, story

Declension

sage

sage

See also: Sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English

Adjective

sage ‎(comparative sager, superlative sagest)

  1. Wise.
    • Shakespeare
      All you sage counsellors, hence!
    • Milton
      commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
  2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
    • Milton
      [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
Synonyms
Translations

Noun

sage ‎(plural sages)

  1. A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
    • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, London: Oxford University Press (1973), § 34:
      We aspire to the magnanimous firmness of the philosophic sage.
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Etymology 2

Sage leaves

From Old French sauge, from Latin salvia, from salvus ‎(“healthy”), see safe.

Noun

sage ‎(uncountable)

  1. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
  2. Any plant in the genus Salvia
  3. Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have gray foliage or are aromatic.
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Etymology 3

Borrowing from Japanese 下げる ‎(sageru, “to lower”).

Pronunciation

Properly /sa-ɣe/, which is the closest pronunciation of Japanese 下げ ‎(sage), though often confusedly as /seɪdʒ/, akin to the homographic word of English origin.

Interjection

sage

  1. (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

Verb

sage ‎(third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)

  1. (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply

Usage notes

  • This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose of sage is to not bump a thread if one deems one's own post to be of little value.

Anagrams

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • san, son (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German sagēn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaːɣə/

Verb

sage ‎(third-person singular present tense sät, past tense sat or sät, past participle jesat or jesät)

  1. (Ripuarian) to say; to tell

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

sage f ‎(plural sagen)

  1. story of heraldry and valor, a saga.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.

Adjective

sage ‎(genitive sageda, partitive sagedat)

  1. frequent

Declension

French

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑʒ

Adjective

sage m, f ‎(plural sages)

  1. (of a person) wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious
  2. (of a woman) Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct
  3. (of a child) Good, well-behaved, not naughty

Noun

sage m, f ‎(plural sages)

  1. A person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
  2. A sage (person)

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzaːɡə/

Verb

sage

  1. First-person singular present of sagen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of sagen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of sagen.
  4. Imperative singular of sagen.

Hausa

Verb

sagḕ ‎(grade 4)

  1. to become stiff or paralyzed

Latin

Adjective

sāge

  1. vocative masculine singular of sāgus

Noun

sage m

  1. singular vocative of sagus

sage n

  1. singular vocative of sagum

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapiō, sapere ‎(“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- ‎(“to taste”).

Adjective

sage m, f

  1. (Jersey) wise

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

sage ‎(imperative sag, present tense sager, simple past saga or saget or sagde, past participle saga or saget or sagd, present participle sagende)

  1. to saw (cut something with a saw)

Related terms

References

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapius from the Classical Latin verb sapiō.

Adjective

sage m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

  1. wise (having wisdom)

Descendants

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

sage

  1. to say

References

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Etymology

From Old French sage (11th century), from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere ‎(“to taste, to discern, to be wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- ‎(“to taste”). The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

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