sagacity
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sa·gac·i·ty 
[suh-gas-i-tee] Pronunciation Key
[suh-gas-i-tee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment. |
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| sa·gac·i·ty
(sə-gās'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom. [French sagacité, from Old French sagacite, from Latin sagācitās, quickness of perception, from sagāx, sagāc-, of keen perception; see sagacious.] |
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sagacity
sagacity
1548, from M.Fr. sagacité, from L. sagacitatem (nom. sagacitas) "quality of being acute," from sagax (gen. sagacis) "of quick perception," related to sagus "prophetic," sagire "perceive keenly," from PIE base *sag- "to track down, trace, seek" (cf. O.E. secan "to seek;" see seek). Also used 17c.-18c. of animals, meaning "acute sense of smell."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| sagacity | |
noun | |
| 1. | the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations |
| 2. | the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: judiciousness] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Sagacity
Sa*gac"i*ty\, n. [L. sagacitas. See Sagacious.] The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. --Cowper. Natural sagacity improved by generous education. --V. Knox. Syn: Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. Usage: Sagacity, Penetration. Penetration enables us to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others, and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.
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