SAGACIOUS

sagacious

(adjective) skillful in statecraft or management; “an astute and sagacious statesman”

perspicacious, sagacious, sapient

(adjective) acutely insightful and wise; “much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument”; “observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions”; “a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)

Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.

Synonyms

• frood

Source: Wiktionary


Sa*ga"cious, a. Etym: [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]

1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.

2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke.

Syn.

– See Shrewd.

– Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv.

– Sa-ga"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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