sapient

 
Pronunciation: /ˈseɪpɪənt/

adjective

  • 1 formal wise, or attempting to appear wise: members of the female quarter were more sapient but no less savage than the others
  • (chiefly in science fiction) intelligent: sapient life forms
  • 2relating to the human species (Homo sapiens): our sapient ancestors of 40,000 years ago

noun

  • a human of the species Homo sapiens.

Derivatives

sapience

noun

sapiently

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sapient- 'being wise', from the verb sapere