All 3 Uses of
sage
in
The Two Towers
- Is there some mightier sage, of whom we have yet to learn?†
Chpt 3.8 *
- …ago, falling into untended age amid a riot of careless descendants; and groves and thickets there were of tamarisk and pungent terebinth, of olive and of bay; and there were junipers and myrtles; and thymes that grew in bushes, or with their woody creeping stems mantled in deep tapestries the hidden stones; sages of many kinds putting forth blue flowers, or red, or pale green; and marjorams and new-sprouting parsleys, and many herbs of forms and scents beyond the garden-lore of Sam.†
Chpt 4.4
- 'A few bay-leaves, some thyme and sage, will do — before the water boils,' said Sam.†
Chpt 4.4
Definition:
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(sage as in: sage advice) profound wisdom; or one known for being wise