What is the meaning of sapient?

adjective

  • Acutely insightful and wise.
    • usage: "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"
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