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sagacious

[suh-gey-shuhs]

adjective

  1. having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd.

    Socrates, that sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.

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  2. Obsolete.Ìýhaving an acute sense of smell.



sagacious

/ ²õəˈɡ±ðɪʃə²õ /

adjective

  1. having or showing sagacity; wise

  2. obsoleteÌý(of hounds) having an acute sense of smell

“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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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • sagaciously adverb
  • sagaciousness noun
  • quasi-sagacious adjective
  • quasi-sagaciously adverb
  • supersagacious adjective
  • supersagaciously adverb
  • supersagaciousness noun
  • unsagacious adjective
  • unsagaciously adverb
  • unsagaciousness noun
  • ²õ²¹Ëˆ²µ²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ²¹Ëˆ²µ²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sagacious1

First recorded in 1600–10; sagaci(ty) + -ous
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of sagacious1

C17: from Latin ²õ²¹²µÄ峿, from ²õÄ岵ī°ù±ð to be astute
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“Even at an early age, Charlie showed sagacious negotiating ability, and usually gained a bigger specimen or one with unusual coloring,†Broggie wrote.

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If they chose not to strengthen our current federal gun laws, then we would know they were not the sagacious, prescient, august and erudite intellects we've been taught to believe in.

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And not a sagacious orchestral adaptation of swing — as in Adams’s “City Noir†— but the genuine article.

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It’s a touching and sagacious concept — though hardly one guaranteed to be an artistic success.

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That Fonzic at times appears perfectly pleasant, even sagacious when he, for instance, invokes certain revisionist versions of American history, is a testament to Cluzet’s charms.

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