sagacious
[suh-gey-shuh s]
- having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
- Obsolete. keen of scent.
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Origin of sagacious
Synonyms
See more synonyms for sagacious on Thesaurus.com1. wise, sage, discerning, clever, intelligent, judicious, acute, sharp, keen, perspicacious.
Antonyms
1. unwise.
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Examples from the Web for sagacious
Contemporary Examples
When storm clouds start to form, sagacious leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.
Historical Examples
The sagacious lady may possibly be as curious in this point as her Lovelace.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
Yet this vanity may be a mean, perhaps, to overthrow me with this sagacious lady.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
"I know that thing," he muttered to himself, with a sagacious jerk of the head.
Nostromo: A Tale of the SeaboardJoseph Conrad
As a statesman he was prudent, wise, sagacious, far-seeing and true.
George was a “deep, sagacious file,” who studied men like books.
MemoirsCharles Godfrey Leland
sagacious
- having or showing sagacity; wise
- obsolete (of hounds) having an acute sense of smell
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin sagāx, from sāgīre to be astute
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Word Origin and History for sagacious
adj.
c.1600, from Latin sagacem (nominative sagax) "of quick perception;" see sagacity. Related: Sagaciously.
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