English Explanatory Dictionary

sage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Wise.
  2. Grave; serious; solemn.
noun
  1. A very 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.
noun
  1. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
  2. Any plant in the genus Salvia.
  3. 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.
intj
  1. 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
  1. The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply.
name
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
  2. A male given name from English.
  3. A female given name from English.
  4. One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, older than a middle-aged Father and boyish Master
  5. A place name:
  6. A neighbourhood along Trout Lake Road, city of North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
  7. An unincorporated community in Izard County, Arkansas, United States.
  8. A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
  9. An unincorporated community in Burnet County, Texas, United States.
  10. A ghost town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.

Pronunciation

/seɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-sage.ogg

Word forms

sage sager sagest sages saging saged

Etymology

From Middle English sage, from Old French sage (11th century), from Vulgar Latin *sapium, from Latin sapere (“to taste, to discern, to be wise”). The noun meaning "man of profound wisdom" is recorded from circa 1300. Originally applied to the Seven Sages of Greece.

Synonyms

wise serious loremaster oracle philosopher sage savant salvia

Antonyms

fool

Related words

sagacious sagacity genius rishi maharishi muni age

Derived words

sagely sageness unsage sacred sage sagecraft sagehood sage on a stage sage on the stage sageship Seven Sages annual sage autumn sage ball sage (Salvia mellifera bee sage Bengal sage Bethlehem sage black sage* blue sage broadleaf sage broom sage bud sage bur sage button sage California sage Californian white sage chaparral sage cherry sage Chinese sage clary sage Cleveland sage common sage creeping sage crimson sage culinary sage Dalmatian sage desert sage diviner's sage flat sage French sage garden sage germander sage golden sage hummingbird sage Indian sage Jerusalem sage kitchen sage lambsleaf sage lanceleaf sage lyreleaf sage meadow sage mealy sage Mexican bush sage mountain sage pineapple sage pitcher sage prairie sage purple sage redroot sage red sage Rocky Mountain sage

Translations

Afrikaans: salie Albanian: sherbelë Arabic: مَرْيَمِيَّة Arabic: شَاقِيَة Arabic: مرمرية Arabic: مَرَمِيَّة Arabic: سالمية Armenian: եղեսպակ Azerbaijani: adaçayı Basque: salbia Bulgarian: градински чай Catalan: sàlvia Cherokee: ᏎᏥ ᏒᏟ Chinese Cantonese: 鼠尾草 Chinese Mandarin: 鼠尾草 Czech: šalvěj Czech: šalvěj lékařská Dutch: salie Dutch: echte salie Esperanto: salvio Estonian: salvei Finnish: salvia French: sauge Galician: xarxa Georgian: სალბი German: Salbei Greek: φασκομηλιά Greek: φασκόμηλο Ancient Greek: ὅρμινον Hebrew: מַרוָה Hebrew: מרווה Hungarian: zsálya Icelandic: salvía Irish: sáiste Italian: salvia Japanese: セージ Korean: 세이지 Latin: salvia Ligurian: sàrvia Macedonian: жа́лфија Malay: bijak Māori: heihi Central Sierra Miwok: hukúˀme- Neapolitan: sàrvia Norman: sauge Norwegian Bokmål: salvie Norwegian Nynorsk: salvie Northern Ohlone: miriyan
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