sap-, sapi- +

1. Having the power to produce the sensation of taste; producing taste, flavor, or relish.
2. A quality perceptible to the sense of taste; flavor.

1. A quality perceptible to the sense of taste; flavor.
2. Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.

1. A person of profound or extensive learning; a scholar.
2. From savant "a learned man", a noun use of the adjective form savant "learned, knowing", from Latin sapere "to be wise".

A savant is a person who is considered to be well versed in literature or science, often with an exceptional skill in a specialized field of learning. When one has an extraordinary single skill within an otherwise unexceptional intellect, he or she may simply be described as a savant, although savant is usually meant to mean a person of learning, especially one of great knowledge in a particular subject, without remarking on her/his overall state of intellect.

The term is also commonly used as an alternative term for autistic savant, which was formerly presented as idiot savant.

A savant can sometimes simply be a person who uses more of his/her brain. Some people become savants after some kind of injury.

An autistic savant (more commonly known as an idiot savant) is a person who expresses extraordinary mental abilities, often in the fields of numerical calculation, art, or music; but usually set within the context of autism or mental retardation.

It is a rare phenomenon that occurs in some autistic people and/or people with certain developmental disorders. There are even those who have acquired savant-like abilities after suffering from head injuries.

1. The ability to know how to act or what to say in any situation; social adeptness.
2. The ability to act appropriately and adroitly in any situation; from early 19th century French, "know how to do".

1. Knowledge of the world and the ways or usages of polite society.
2. A combination of worldly wisdom, self-confidence, and refinement in a person; from Mid-18th century French, "know how to live".

1. To enjoy something with unhurried appreciation: "I want to savor this moment."
2. To enjoy the taste or smell of something.

Having an appetizing flavor.

1. Lacking taste or flavor or tang.
2. Destitute of smell or taste; insipid.

1. Shrewdness and practical knowledge.
2. Shrewd and well informed.
3. To know (slang), a corruption of Spanish sabe; as in Sabe Usted?: "Do you know?"; from Latin sapere which corresponds to Latin sapire' "to taste, to discern, to know".

1. Having a pleasing taste or flavor; sapid; savory: "That was an especially sipid meal."
2. Of an agreeably distinctive character.

1. Extreme unpalatability to the mouth; disgustingness.
2. The property of being extremely unacceptable to the mind; loathsome, sickening, nauseous, repulsive.

1. Morally offensive or unacceptable: "He has an unsavory reputation."
2. Not pleasant or agreeable in odor or taste.
3. Tasting or smelling in an unappetizing way.