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English
Etymology
A shortening of Latin verbum sapienti sat est (“a word is enough to a wise man”). Compare verbum sat.
Phrase
verb. sap.
- 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.