sapient

1. (formal, dated except poetic) Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.Examples: "[To Edgar] Come ſit thou here moſt learned Iuſtice / [To the Fool] Thou ſapient ſir ſit here, […]"; "Spot more delicious then thoſe Gardens feign’d / Or of reviv’d Adonis, or renovvnd / Alcinous, hoſt of old Laertes Son [Odysseus], / Or that, not Myſtic, vvhere the Sapient King [Solomon] / Held dalliance vvith his faire Egyptian Spouſe."; "What is it but a vain and curious skill, / If sapient Germany must lie deprest, / Beneath the brutal sword?"Synonyms: astute, clairvoyant, deep, frood, grounded, judicious, oracular, perspicaciousAntonyms: insapient, nonsapientformal

2. (by extension)Examples: "Novv tell me, dignified and ſapient ſir, / My man of morals, nurtur'd in the ſhades / Of Academus, is this falſe or true?"; "VVell! but a leſſening of prodigal expences, and the œconomy vvhich has been introduced by the virtuous and ſapient aſſembly, makes amends for the loſſes ſuſtained in the receipt of revenue."; "I think I seem them at their work—these sapient trouble-tombs."broadlyderogatoryironic

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4. (by extension)Examples: "When EXPLORATION blazed through space / The first sky-trail to far-flung stars, / And found men, sapient, on Mars, / He gained renown's most honored place."; "It was inhabited by a sapient humanoid race, and some of them were civilized enough to put it in Class V, and Colonial Office doctrine on Class V planets was rigid."; "Nessus had not spoken mockingly; but Speaker reacted with rage. "What sapient being would not fear such power?""Synonyms: sentient, intelligent, sentient, self-aware, sapientAntonyms: nonsapientbroadly

5. (anthropology) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Homo sapiens (modern human beings).

6. (obsolete, rare) Having a (good) flavour or taste; sapid.obsoleterare