sapient
adjective
[ ˈseɪpɪənt ]
• wise, or attempting to appear wise.
• "members of the female quarter were more sapient but no less savage than the others"
• relating to the human species ( Homo sapiens ).
• "our sapient ancestors of 40,000 years ago"
sapient
noun
• a human of the species Homo sapiens.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sapient- ‘being wise’, from the verb sapere .
