sagacity
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ɪ noun
acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
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| foresight, discernment, or keen perception; ability to make good judgments | |
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Sagacity
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Word Origin & History
sagacity
1540s, 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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Example sentences
The shafts of those he asked were feathered with courtesy and kindness, but pointed with sagacity.
To this point therefore tend the observations which he has collected with great sagacity and industry.
Never did human sagacity utter a more pregnant truth.
They displayed surprising business sagacity, coupled with an exalted idea of the fulfillment of promises.
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