verb. sap.
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.