Found 2 items, similar to Sagaciousness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sagaciousness
sagaciousness
n 1: ability to make good judgments [syn:
sagacity,
judgment,
judgement,
discernment]
2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and
evaluating [syn:
judiciousness,
sagacity]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sagaciousness
Sagacious
\Sa*ga"cious\, a. [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.
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Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton.
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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.
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Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More.
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Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
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Syn: See
Shrewd.
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Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. --
Sa*ga"cious*ness, n.
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