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sa·gac·i·ty    Audio Help   [suh-gas-i-tee] Pronunciation Key
–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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sa·gac·i·ty    Audio Help   (sə-gās'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
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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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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