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Meaning of Sapien | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A human, a specimen of Homo sapiens.
    proscribed, rare

Examples

“[The superhero Mr. Incredible fights against a gorilla named Ungorilla.] Ungorilla: You foolish sapien! I am the Ungorilla! I possess the speed and strength of a very strong gorilla! How can you possibly defeat me?”
“Better still, with its larger brain Piltdown neatly fit the preconception of what earlier human forms should look like than did either the "primitive" Neanderthals or the small-minded Pithecanthropus skulls. Moreover, it meant that the sapien lineage (in England) could be traced independently of the decidedly more brutish and less human Neanderthals (from Northern Europe) to an earlier period, thereby testifying to the early appearance of an essentially modern human form.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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