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[suh-gey-shuhs] Origin

sa·ga·cious

[suh-gey-shuhs]
adjective
1.
having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
2.
Obsolete. keen of scent.

Origin:
1600–10; sagaci(ty) + -ous

sa·ga·cious·ly, adverb
sa·ga·cious·ness, noun
qua·si-sa·ga·cious, adjective
qua·si-sa·ga·cious·ly, adverb
su·per·sa·ga·cious, adjective
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su·per·sa·ga·cious·ly, adverb
su·per·sa·ga·cious·ness, noun
un·sa·ga·cious, adjective
un·sa·ga·cious·ly, adverb
un·sa·ga·cious·ness, noun
COLLAPSE


1. wise, sage, discerning, clever, intelligent, judicious, acute, sharp, keen, perspicacious.


1. unwise.

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sagacious (səˈɡeɪʃəs)
 
adj
1.  having or showing sagacity; wise
2.  obsolete (of hounds) having an acute sense of smell
 
[C17: from Latin sagāx, from sāgīre to be astute]
 
sa'gaciously
 
adv
 
sa'gaciousness
 
n

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sagacious
c.1600, from L. sagacem (nom. sagax); see sagacity. Related: Sagaciously.
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