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perspicacious

[ pur-spi-key-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning:

    to exhibit perspicacious judgment.

    Synonyms: penetrating, shrewd, acute, perceptive

    Antonyms: stupid, dull

  2. Archaic. having keen vision.


perspicacious

/ ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs; ˌpɜːspɪˈkæsɪtɪ /

adjective

  1. acutely perceptive or discerning
  2. archaic.
    having keen eyesight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌperspiˈcaciously, adverb
  • perspicacity, noun
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Other Words From

  • perspi·cacious·ly adverb
  • perspi·cacious·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perspicacious1

First recorded in 1610–20; perspicaci(ty) + -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of perspicacious1

C17: from Latin perspicax, from perspicere to look at closely; see perspective
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Example Sentences

Concerts were free, and the playing was “perspicacious” and “well-drilled” according to reviews during the Nixon administration, when musicians could be as young as 11.

Crewe is perspicacious about marriage and other partnerships, the rituals couples employ, for good and ill.

Shush’s mukhtar — the Levantine village equivalent of a mayor — was known to be perspicacious and wise, and he had brought a paved road and an electricity generator to the village, if not — yet — running water.

He said she was as “perspicacious as ever.”

It’s true that the 2020 election and Mr. Trump’s unprecedented attempt to undermine it revealed the fragility of American democracy in different and more fundamental ways than even the most perspicacious legislator could have anticipated.

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