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noun
1.
keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
2.
Archaic. keen vision.
Origin:
1540–50; earlier perspicacite < Late Latin perspicācitās sharpness of sight, equivalent to perspicāci- (stem of perspicāx sharp-sighted; see perspicuous) + -tās -ty2
1540–50; earlier perspicacite < Late Latin perspicācitās sharpness of sight, equivalent to perspicāci- (stem of perspicāx sharp-sighted; see perspicuous) + -tās -ty2
Antonyms
1. obtuseness.
1. obtuseness.
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Perspicacity
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| traveling from place to place |
| spread or diffuse through |
Example Sentences
- His theme is the purposeless drifting of people now in their 20s and he presents it with remarkable restraint and perspicacity.
- Sadly, perhaps the rush to print overcomes accuracy and perspicacity.
- The brevity has an elegant perspicacity.
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Word Origin & History
perspicacity
1540s, 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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