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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 -ty²

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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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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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sagacity
noun
1.	the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
2.	the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: judiciousness]

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Sagacity

Pen"e*tra`tion\, n. [L. penetratio: cf. F. p['e]n['e]tration.]

1. The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

And to each in ward part, With gentle penetration, though unseen, Shoots invisible virtue even to the deep. --Milton.

A penetration into the difficulties of algebra. --Watts.

2. Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. --Walpole.

Syn: Discernment; sagacity; acuteness; sharpness; discrimination. See Discernment, and Sagacity.

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