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单词 sageness
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sagenessn.

/ˈseɪdʒnɪs/
Etymology: < sage adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being sage; profound wisdom.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun] > profound
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sageness1517
1517 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (new ed.) xxxiv. sig. H.vii He is a foole without sagenesse [1509 sagesse].
1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xiv. f. 24 A man..whome for his great wytte and sagenes in apparance, the emperour had in syngular fauour.
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. v. 196 The sagenesse, civility, thrift, abstinence, and such like personated parts and customes at home, will be all laid aside.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Sageness, gravity, prudence.
1814 S. T. Coleridge Let. to J. Kenyon (1895) 640 Public prudence and practical sageness.
1907 Q. Rev. Oct. 365 If we [sc. Confucians] could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom it would be better for the people a hundredfold.
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