verb. sap. en · X
Etymology
A shortening of Latin verbum sapienti sat est (“a word is enough to a wise man”). Compare verbum sat.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of verbum sapienti.
alt of verbum sapienti
[…] everything’s permitted to the poor drunkard, particularly if he’s only a poor colonial and doesn’t know any better. Verb sap.
1926 January, Aldous Huxley, “The Monocle”, in The Criterion, volume 4, Faber and Gwyer, Ltd., page 53: