Lexicon: sagacity – sainted

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sagacity, n. [Fr. < L., see sagacious, adj.]

Shrewdness; acuteness of mental discernment; aptitude for investigation or discovery; keenness and soundness of judgement of persons and conditions.

sage (-est), adj. [Fr. < L. sap-ěre, to be wise, to know.]

Wise; discreet; judicious. 1640 Wisest; judged the best.

sage (-s), n1. [see sage, adj.]

A wise man; one of sound judgement.

sage (-s), n2. [ME < L. salvia.]

A plant of the genus Salvia, an aromatic culinary herb.

Sahara, proper n. [Arabic şahrā, desert.]

Great desert; arid wilderness of Libya; place where sands move like the surges of the ocean; place of caravan routes for wealthy trade between Asia Minor and northern Africa (see ED letters); [fig.] death; desolation; despair; hopelessness; existence without purpose.

sail (-s), n. [OE segel, poss. 'hold, have, conquer'.]

  1. A ship or other vessel made to travel on water.
  2. A spread of canvas…swed together…to be extended to the masts…for the impulse of the wind by which a ship is driven (NW #1 of Sail, n.).
  3. Voyagers, vessels, travelers.

sail (-ed, -ing), v. [see sail, n.]

  1. To travel on water in a vessel propelled by wind upon sails or propelled by any means other than oars; to navigate a vessel in a specified direction.
  2. Depart; start on a voyage; to leave the port or the place of anchorage.
  3. To fly

sailor (-s, -'s), n. [Gr. segler, sailer; see sail, n.]

  1. One who is professionally occupied with navigation; a seaman, mariner. Also, in narrower sense, applied (like “seaman”) to a member of a ship's company below the rank of officer.
  2. Traveler; one who takes voyages.
  3. Travelor through the voyage called life.
  4. Specific reference to profession of Judas Iscariott, traitor of Christ?
  5. A butterfly, moth or bee

saint (-s, -s'), n. [OFr < L. sanctus, enact, ratify, devote, consecrate.]

  1. Holy or godly person; prefixed to the name of canonized persons, apostles, or holy persons mentioned in scripture.
  2. One of the blessed in Heaven (NW #2 of Saint).

sainted, adj. [see saint, n.]

Of sanctified or holy life or character