perspicacity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perspicacity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perspicacity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perspicacity n intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) Synonym(s): shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions Synonym(s): judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perspicacity \Per`spicac"ity\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit[82]. See {Perspicacious}.] The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.