sagataries.html - n.
1 a long story of heroic achievement, esp. a medieval Icelandic or Norwegian prose narrative.
2 a series of connected books giving the history of a family etc.
3 a long involved story. [ON, = narrative, rel. to SAW(3)]

sagataries.html - adj.
1 mentally penetrating; gifted with discernment; having practical wisdom.
2 acute-minded, shrewd.
3 (of a saying, plan, etc.) showing wisdom.
4 (of an animal) exceptionally intelligent; seeming to reason or deliberate.

sagaciously adv. sagacity n. [L sagax sagacis]

sagataries.html - n.
= SACHEM 1. [Penobscot sagamo]

sagataries.html - v. & n.
--v.

intr. (sagged, sagging)
1 sink or subside under weight or pressure, esp. unevenly.
2 have a downward bulge or curve in the middle.
3 fall in price.
4 (of a ship) drift from its course, esp. to leeward.

--n.

1 a the amount that a rope etc. sags. b the distance from the middle of its curve to a straight line between its supports.
2 a sinking condition; subsidence.
3 a fall in price.
4 Naut. a tendency to leeward.

saggy adj. [ME f. MLG sacken, Du. zakken subside]

sagataries.html - n.
1 a long story of heroic achievement, esp. a medieval Icelandic or Norwegian prose narrative.
2 a series of connected books giving the history of a family etc.
3 a long involved story. [ON, = narrative, rel. to SAW(3)]

sagataries.html - adj.
1 mentally penetrating; gifted with discernment; having practical wisdom.
2 acute-minded, shrewd.
3 (of a saying, plan, etc.) showing wisdom.
4 (of an animal) exceptionally intelligent; seeming to reason or deliberate.

sagaciously adv. sagacity n. [L sagax sagacis]