sage

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See also: Sage, saĝe, säge, and Säge

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /seɪdʒ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪdʒ
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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from 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.

Adjective[edit]

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

  1. Wise.
    • (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
      All you sage counsellors, hence!
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
      commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counselled the general to retreat
  2. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
      [Great bards] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.
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Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Sage leaves

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

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Etymologically /sɑɡɛ/, but often /seɪdʒ/ due to its English homograph.

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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.
    sage in all fields

Verb[edit]

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.
    Reminder to sage and report.
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Usage notes[edit]

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

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Central Franconian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

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

  1. (Ripuarian) to say; to tell

Dutch[edit]

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Noun[edit]

sage f (plural sagen)

  1. story of heraldry and valor, a saga.

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *sakeda.

Adjective[edit]

sage (genitive sageda, partitive sagedat)

  1. frequent

Declension[edit]

Inflection of sage (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sage sagedad
accusative sageda sagedad
genitive sageda sagedate
partitive sagedat sagedaid
illative sagedasse sagedatesse
sagedaisse
inessive sagedas sagedates
sagedais
elative sagedast sagedatest
sagedaist
allative sagedale sagedatele
sagedaile
adessive sagedal sagedatel
sagedail
ablative sagedalt sagedatelt
sagedailt
translative sagedaks sagedateks
sagedaiks
terminative sagedani sagedateni
essive sagedana sagedatena
abessive sagedata sagedateta
comitative sagedaga sagedatega

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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sage (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

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Noun[edit]

sage m, f (plural sages)

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

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German[edit]

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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[edit]

Verb[edit]

sagḕ (grade 4)

  1. to become stiff or paralyzed

Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sāge

  1. vocative masculine singular of sāgus

Noun[edit]

sage m

  1. singular vocative of sagus

sage n

  1. singular vocative of sagum

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old French sage, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from sapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in -a- and -au-.

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sage (plural sages)

  1. A sage; a person who serves as a fount of wisdom and knowledge.
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sage

  1. Sage, considered, well thought-out.
  2. Learned, schooled, educated; having much knowledge.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French sauge.

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sage

  1. Alternative form of sauge

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

sage m, f

  1. (Jersey) wise

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

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)

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Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sage)

  1. wise (having wisdom)

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Sathmar Swabian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old High German sagēn, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną.

Verb[edit]

sage

  1. to say

References[edit]

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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