Word of the Day: Perspicacity
Perspicacity
\Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit['e].
Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
or,
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
and also,
1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness, astuteness, perspicaciousness]
2: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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\Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit['e].
Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
or,
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
and also,
1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness, astuteness, perspicaciousness]
2: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
Dictionary.com
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