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sagacious

[ suh-gey-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd:

    Socrates, that sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.

    Synonyms: perspicacious, keen, sharp, acute, judicious, intelligent, clever, discerning, sage, wise

    Antonyms: unwise

  2. Obsolete. having an acute sense of smell.


sagacious

/ səˈɡeɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. having or showing sagacity; wise
  2. obsolete.
    (of hounds) having an acute sense of smell


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Derived Forms

  • saˈgaciousness, noun
  • saˈgaciously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • sa·gacious·ly adverb
  • sa·gacious·ness noun
  • quasi-sa·gacious adjective
  • quasi-sa·gacious·ly adverb
  • super·sa·gacious adjective
  • super·sa·gacious·ly adverb
  • super·sa·gacious·ness noun
  • unsa·gacious adjective
  • unsa·gacious·ly adverb
  • unsa·gacious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sagacious1

First recorded in 1600–10; sagaci(ty) + -ous

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sagacious1

C17: from Latin sagāx, from sāgīre to be astute

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Example Sentences

When storm clouds start to form, sagacious leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.

Houses innumerable had been built for it on deck, but the sagacious animal had a rooted antipathy to restraint.

They had not gone far before the sagacious animal began to bark.

Caroline tells her friends things which she thinks exceedingly flattering, but which cause a sagacious husband to make a wry face.

The sapajous are very sagacious and dexterous: they go in companies, and mutually warn and assist each other.

But he was a firm, sagacious leader, with the personal magnetism to attract devotion.

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