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

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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

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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

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