SAGE
sage, sage-green
(adjective) of the grey-green color of sage leaves
sage
(adjective) having wisdom that comes with age and experience
sage
(noun) aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
sage
(noun) a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
sage, salvia
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)
Wise.
(obsolete) grave; serious; solemn
Synonyms
• (wise): See Thesaurus:wise
• (grave): See Thesaurus:serious
Noun
sage (plural sages)
A wise person or spiritual teacher; someone of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave or stoic philosopher.
Synonyms
• (wise person): See Thesaurus:sage
Etymology 2
Noun
sage (uncountable)
The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
Any plant in the genus Salvia
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.
Etymology 3
Interjection
sage
(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.
Verb
sage (third-person singular simple present sages, present participle saging, simple past and past participle saged)
(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.
Usage notes
• 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.
Anagrams
• Sega, ages, geas, sega
Etymology
Proper noun
Sage (plural er-noun or Sages)
A surname.
A male given name from English.
A female given name from English.
(Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle aged Father and boyish Master
Anagrams
• Sega, ages, geas, sega
Source: Wiktionary
Sage, n. Etym: [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in
allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffriticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish
green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often
extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for
ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush. Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of
salvia (S. pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
– Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the
juice of leaves of spanish and other plants which are added to the
milk.
– Sage cock (Zoöl.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general
sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
– Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of
garden sage.
– Sage grouse (Zoöl.), a very large American grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North
America. Called also cock of the plains. The male is called sage
cock, and the female sage hen.
– Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zoöl.), a species of hare (Lepus
Nuttalli, or artemisia) which inhabits the regions of Western North
America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered
to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
– Sage hen (Zoöl.), the female of the sage grouse. Sage sparrow
(Zoöl.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var Nevadensis) which
inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among
sagebrush.
– Sage thrasher (Zoöl.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes montanus) which
inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America.
– Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a
low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves.
Sage, a. [Compar. Sager; superl. Sagest.] Etym: [F., fr. L. sapius
(only in nesapius unwise, foolish), fr. sapere to be wise; perhaps
akin to E. sap. Cf. Savor, Sapient, Insipid.]
1. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave;
sagacious.
All you sage counselors, hence! Shak.
2. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the
purpose.
Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice,
counseled the general to retreat. Milton.
3. Grave; serious; solemn. [R.] "[Great bards.] in sage and solemn
tunes have sung." Milton.
Syn.
– Wise; sagacious; sapient; grave; prudent; judicious.
Sage, n.
Definition: A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man
venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave
philosopher.
At his birth a star, Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come, And
guides the Eastern sages. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition