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perspicacious

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per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious

  [pur-spi-key-shuhs]
–adjective
1. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
2. Archaic. having keen vision.
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Origin:
1610–20; perspicaci(ty) + -ous

Related forms:
per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
per⋅spi⋅ca⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. perceptive, acute, shrewd, penetrating.

Antonyms:
1. dull, stupid.
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per·spi·ca·cious   (pûr'spĭ-kā'shəs)   
adj.  Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. See Synonyms at shrewd.

[From Latin perspicāx, perspicāc-, from perspicere, to look through; see perspective.]
per'spi·ca'cious·ly adv., per'spi·ca'cious·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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