Sagacious

This week’s word: “Sagacious”

Pronunciation: sa·ga·cious, suh-gey-shuh s

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions:
1. Having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.

2. Obsolete. keen of scent.

3. Having or showing sound judgment, and farsightedness.

4. Skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"

5. 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" [syn: perspicacious]

Related forms:
sagaciously, adverb
sagaciousness, noun

Synonyms: wise, sage, discerning, clever, intelligent, judicious, acute, sharp, keen, perspicacious.

Antonym: unwise.

Etymology of sagacious: From Latin sagāx, sagāc-, of keen perception; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.

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