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–noun

1.	keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.

2.	Archaic. keen vision.

[Origin: 1540–50; earlier perspicacite < LL perspicācitās sharpness of sight, equiv. to perspicāci- (s. of perspicāx sharp-sighted; see perspicuous) + -tās -ty²

]

—Synonyms 1. shrewdness, acuity, astuteness, insight, acumen. See perspicuity.

—Antonyms 1. obtuseness.

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n. Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.

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perspicacity

1548, from M.Fr. perspicacité (15c.), from L.L. perspicacitas "sharp-sightedness, discernment," from L. perspicax "sharp-sighted," from perspicere "look through" (see perspective).

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perspicacity
noun
1.	intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness]
2.	the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment]

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Perspicacity

Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit['e]. See Perspicacious.] The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.

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