PERSPICACITY

judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity

(noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness

(noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

perspicacity (usually uncountable, plural perspicacities)

Acute discernment or understanding; insight.

The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.

(obsolete) Keen eyesight.

Source: Wiktionary


Per`spi*cac"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacité. See Perspicacious.]

Definition: The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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