• IPA^(key):/seɪd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes:-eɪdʒ

FromMiddle Englishsage, fromOld Frenchsage (11th century), fromVulgar Latin*sapium, fromLatinsapere(“to taste, to discern, to be wise”).

The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to theSeven Sages of Greece.

sage (comparativesager,superlativesagest)

1. Wise.
   • c.1596–1599 (date written),William Shakespeare,The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London:[…]V[alentine] S[immes] forAndrew Wise, andWilliam Aspley, published1600,→OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv],signature I, recto:

     Harry the fift is crownd, vp vanitie, / Downe royall ſtate, all youſage counſailers, hence, / And to the Engliſh Court aſſemble now / From euery region, apes of idleneſſe:[…]

   • 1670,John Milton, “The Second Book”, inThe History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London:[…] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry,[…],→OCLC,page72:

     Howbeit theCaledonians with great preparation, and by rumor, as of things unknown much greater, taking Armes, and of thir own accord begining Warr by the aſſault of ſundry Caſtles, ſent back ſome of thir fear to theRomans themſelves: and there were of the Commanders, who cloaking thir fear under ſhew ofſage advice, counſel’d the General to retreat back on this ſideBodotria.

   • 1836, [Frederick Marryat], “In which Jack makes some very sage reflections, and comes to a very unwise decision”, inMr. Midshipman Easy […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […],→OCLC,page77:

     CHAPTER VII. In which Jack makes some verysage reflections, and comes to a very unwise decision.

2. (obsolete)Grave;serious;solemn.

• (wise):SeeThesaurus:wise
• (grave):SeeThesaurus:serious

sage (pluralsages)

2. Awiseperson orspiritualteacher; someone ofgravity andwisdom, especially, a teachervenerable for years, and ofsoundjudgment andprudence; agrave orstoicphilosopher.
   • 1748, [David Hume], “Essay V. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts.”, inPhilosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London:[…]A[ndrew] Millar, […],→OCLC, part I,page69:

     ’Tis certain, that, while we aſpire to the magnanimous Firmneſs of the philoſophicSage, and endeavour to confine our Pleaſures altogether within our own Minds, we may, at laſt, render our Philoſophy, like that ofEpictetus and otherStoics, only a more refin’d Syſtem of Selfiſhneſs, and reaſon ourſelves out of all Virtue, as well as ſocial Enjoyment.

• (wise person):SeeThesaurus:sage

• rishi
• maharishi

FromMiddle Englishsauge, fromMiddle Frenchsauge, fromOld Frenchsalje, fromLatinsalvia, fromsalvus(“healthy”), seesafe.Doublet ofsalvia.

sage (usuallyuncountable,pluralsages)

2. The plantSalvia officinalis andsavoryspice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
3. Any plant in thegenusSalvia.

   Synonym:salvia

4. Any of a number of plants such assagebrush considered to be similar toSalvia officinalis, mostly because they are small shrubs and have grayfoliage or arearomatic.

•  Salvia officinalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  Salvia officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Borrowed fromJapanesesage(sage), fromJapanese下げる(sageru,“to lower”). From2channel.

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

sage

1. (4chan slang,Internetslang)Word used in the email field ofimageboards to prevent abump of thepost. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software.

   sage in all fields

• age

sage (third-person singular simple presentsages,present participlesaging,simple past and past participlesaged)

1. (4chan slang,Internetslang) The act of using the word or optionsage in the email field or a checkbox of animageboard when posting a reply.

   Reminder tosage and report.

• polite sage

• → Finnish:sagettaa

• This word is specific to imageboards. The original purpose ofsage is to not bump a thread if one deems another's (oftenOP's) own post to be of little value, but has evolved into a show of disrespect.

• ages,SEGA,sega,geas,Sega,%ages

• san,son(Moselle Franconian)

FromMiddle High Germansagen, fromOld High Germansagēn.

• IPA^(key):/ˈzaːɣə/

sage (third-person singular present tensesät,past tensesatorsät,past participlejesatorjesät)

1. (Ripuarian) tosay; totell

FromMiddle Dutchsaghe, fromOld Dutch*saga, fromProto-West Germanic*sagā, fromProto-Germanic*sagǭ, fromProto-Indo-European*sekʷ-.

• IPA^(key):/ˈsaːɣə/

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• Hyphenation:sa‧ge
• Rhymes:-aːɣə

sage f (pluralsagen)

1. story ofheraldry andvalor, asaga

• heldensage
• riddersage

FromProto-Finnic*sakëda.

sage (genitivesageda,partitivesagedat,comparativesagedam,superlativekõige sagedam)

1. frequent

Inherited fromMiddle Frenchsage, fromOld Frenchsage, fromVulgar Latin*sapium from the ClassicalLatin verbsapiō.

• IPA^(key):/saʒ/

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• Rhymes:-aʒ

sage (pluralsages)

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, notnaughty

   Alors, tu vas êtresage pour maman dans le magasin ?

   Now, are you going to begood for mommy in the store?

• assagir
• faire que sage
• sage comme une image
• sage-femme

sage m orfby sense (pluralsages)

1. a person who is prudent, cautious, and judicious
2. asage (person)

• “sage”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

• ages,âges,âgés

• IPA^(key):/ˈzaːɡə/

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sage

1. inflection ofsagen:
   1. first-personsingularpresent
   2. first/third-personsingularsubjunctive I
   3. singularimperative

• IPA^(key):/sá.ɡèː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA^(key):[sə́.ɟèː]

sagḕ (grade 4)

1. to becomestiff orparalyzed

sāge

1. vocativemasculinesingular ofsāgus

sage m

1. singularvocative ofsagus

Borrowed fromOld Frenchsage, fromVulgar Latin*sapium, fromsapiō. Some forms have been altered on the basis of other words with forms in-a- and-au-.

• sauge,sawge

• IPA^(key):/ˈsaːdʒ(ə)/

sage (pluralsages)

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

• English:sage
• Scots:sage

• “sāǧe,n.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved2018-07-29.

sage

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

• English:sage
• Scots:sage

• “sāǧe,adj.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved2018-07-29.

Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchsauge.

sage

1. Alternative form ofsauge

FromOld Frenchsage, fromVulgar Latin*sapium, fromLatinsapiō, sapere(“to taste; to discern; to be wise”), fromProto-Indo-European*sap-(“to taste”).

sage m orf

1. (Jersey)wise
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, inGuernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], pages541-42:

     Si un houme n'a pas le sens de pâlaïr il est biensâge s'il a le sens de se taire.

     A man who has not the sense to speak is still awise man if he has the sense to hold his tongue.

sage (imperativesag,present tensesager,simple pastsagaorsagetorsagde,past participlesagaorsagetorsagd,present participlesagende)

1. tosaw (cut something with a saw)

• sag (noun)

• “sage” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromVulgar Latin*sapium(“wise”), semantically specialized alteration ofLatinsapidus(“delicious, wise”).Doublet ofsade(“delicious”), from the Latin form.

sage m (oblique and nominative feminine singularsage)

1. wise(having wisdom)

• Middle French:sage
  • French:sage
• Franc-Comtois:saidge
• → Italian:saggio
• → Middle English:sage
  • English:sage

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sapĭdus”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes11: S–Si,page202

FromOld High Germansagēn, fromProto-Germanic*sagjaną.

sage

1. tosay

• Claus Stephani,Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)