Sap"id*ness, n. Quality of being sapid; sapidity.
When the Israelites fancied the sapidness and relish of the
fleshpots, they longed to taste and to return.
Jer. Taylor.
Sa"pi*ence (?), n. [L. sapientia: cf. F. sapience. See Sapient..] The
quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge. Cowper.
Woman, if I might sit beside your feet, And glean your scattered
sapience.
Tennyson.
Sa"pi*ent (?), a. [L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to
have sense, to know. See Sage, a.] Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in
irony or contempt.
Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian
spouse.
Milton.
Syn. -- Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning.
Sa`pi*en"tial (?), a. [L. sapientialis.] Having or affording wisdom. --
Sa`pi*en"tial*ly, adv.
The sapiential books of the Old [Testament].
Jer. Taylor.