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English Dictionary: sagaciousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sagaciousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sagaciousness n the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations Synonym(s): sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating Synonym(s): judiciousness, sagacity, sagaciousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sagacious \Saga"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. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton. 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. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke. Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Saga"ciously}, adv. -- {Saga"cious*ness}, n.