sapience

adjective

1. having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.

adjective

1. often ironic wise or sagacious

n.late 14c., “wisdom, understanding,” from Old French sapience, from Latin sapientia “good taste, good sense, discernment; intelligence, wisdom,” from sapiens (see sapient). adj.“wise,” late 15c. (early 15c. as a surname), from Old French sapient, from Latin sapientem (nominative sapiens), present participle of sapere “to taste, have taste, be wise,” from PIE root *sep- “to taste, perceive” (cf. Old Saxon an-sebban “to perceive, remark,” Old High German antseffen, Old English sefa “mind, understanding, insight”).