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acuminous

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a⋅cu⋅men

  [uh-kyoo-muhn, ak-yuh-]
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–noun
keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
Origin:
1525–35; < L acūmen sharpness, equiv. to acū- (s. of acuere to sharpen; see acute ) + -men n. suffix

Related forms:
a⋅cu⋅mi⋅nous  [uh-kyoo-muh-nuhs] , adjective
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acumen 
1531, from L. acumen "a point, sting," hence "sharpness, shrewdness," from acuere "to sharpen" (see acuity).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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