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perspicacity
[ pur-spi-kas-i-tee ]
/ ˌpɜr spɪˈkæs ɪ ti /
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noun
keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
Archaic. keen vision.
OTHER WORDS FOR perspicacity
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Origin of perspicacity
First recorded in 1540–50; earlier perspicacite, from Late Latin perspicācitās “sharpness of sight,” equivalent to perspicāci- (stem of perspicāx “sharp-sighted”; see perspicuous) + -tās -ty2
synonym study for perspicacity
1. See perspicuity.
Words nearby perspicacity
persorption, perspective, perspectivism, Perspex, perspicacious, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuous, perspiration, perspiratory, perspire
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