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intuitive

[in-too-i-tiv, -tyoo-] Origin

in·tu·i·tive

[in-too-i-tiv, -tyoo-]
adjective
1.
perceiving by intuition, as a person or the mind.
2.
perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition: intuitive knowledge.
3.
having or possessing intuition: an intuitive person.
4.
capable of being perceived or known by intuition.

Origin:
1585–95; < Medieval Latin intuitīvus. See intuition, -ive

in·tu·i·tive·ly, adverb
in·tu·i·tive·ness, noun
non·in·tu·i·tive, adjective
non·in·tu·i·tive·ly, adverb
non·in·tu·i·tive·ness, noun
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qua·si-in·tu·i·tive, adjective
qua·si-in·tu·i·tive·ly, adverb
un·in·tu·i·tive, adjective
un·in·tu·i·tive·ly, adverb
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2. innate, inborn, natural.

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intuitive (ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv)
 
adj
1.  resulting from intuition: an intuitive awareness
2.  of, characterized by, or involving intuition
 
in'tuitively
 
adv
 
in'tuitiveness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

intuitive
1640s, from M.L. intuitivus, from intuitus, pp. of intueri "look at, consider," from in- "at, on" + tueri "to look at, watch over" (see tuition).
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