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sa⋅gac⋅i⋅ty

  [suh-gas-i-tee]
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–noun
acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
Origin:
1540–50; < L sagācitās wisdom, equiv. to sagāci- (s. of sagāx) wise (akin to seek ) + -tās -ty 2
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sa·gac·i·ty   (sə-gās'ĭ-tē)   
n.  The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.

[French sagacité, from Old French sagacite, from Latin sagācitās, quickness of perception, from sagāx, sagāc-, of keen perception; see sagacious.]
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sagacity 
1548, from M.Fr. sagacité, from L. sagacitatem (nom. sagacitas) "quality of being acute," from sagax (gen. sagacis) "of quick perception," related to sagus "prophetic," sagire "perceive keenly," from PIE base *sag- "to track down, trace, seek" (cf. O.E. secan "to seek;" see seek). Also used 17c.-18c. of animals, meaning "acute sense of smell."
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