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adjective
1.
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
2.
Archaic. having keen vision.
Related forms
per·spi·ca·cious·ly, adverb
per·spi·ca·cious·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. perceptive, acute, shrewd, penetrating.
1. perceptive, acute, shrewd, penetrating.
Antonyms
1. dull, stupid.
1. dull, stupid.
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Example Sentences
- No wonder this perspicacious Justice accounts for seven of the thirty-eight selections.
- Doug, that was both a perspicacious and hilarious comment.
- And we'd like to thank you, Scott, for being such an astute reader and perspicacious student of the environment.
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Word Origin & History
perspicacious
mid-17c., from L. perspicax "having the power of seeing through" (see perspicacity).
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