sageess - n.
1 an aromatic herb, Salvia officinalis, with dull greyish-green leaves.
2 its leaves used in cookery.

sage and onion (or onions) a stuffing used with poultry, pork, etc. sage Derby (or cheese) a cheese made with an infusion of sage which flavours and mottles it. sage-green the colour of sage-leaves. sage tea a medicinal infusion of sage-leaves.

sagy adj. [ME f. OF sauge f. L salvia healing plant f. salvus safe]

sageess - n. & adj.
--n.

1 often iron. a profoundly wise man.
2 any of the ancients traditionally regarded as the wisest of their time.

--adj.

1 profoundly wise, esp. from experience.
2 of or indicating profound wisdom.
3 often iron. wise-looking; solemn-faced.

sagely adv. sageness n. sageship n. [ME f. OF ult. f. L sapere be wise]

sageess - n.
1 a growth of shrubby aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia, esp. A. tridentata, found in some semi-arid regions of western N. America.
2 this plant.

sageess - 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]

sageess - 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)]

sageess - 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]