per·spi·cac·i·ty
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| 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
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] —Antonyms 1. obtuseness.
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perspicacity
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
perspicacity
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