verb. sap.

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Etymology

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A shortening of Latin verbum sapienti sat est (a word is enough to a wise man). Compare verbum sat.

Phrase

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verb. sap.

  1. Short for verbum sapienti.
    • 1926 January, Aldous Huxley, “The Monocle”, in The Criterion, volume 4, Faber and Gwyer, Ltd., page 53:
      [] everything’s permitted to the poor drunkard, particularly if he’s only a poor colonial and doesn’t know any better. Verb sap.