perspicacity
Acute discernment or understandingAcute discernment or understanding; insight.
» I trust in his perspicacity.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
Weitblick, Scharfsinn
проница́тельностьpronicátelʹnostʹ
проникливістьpronyklyvistʹ
(uncountable, usually)The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
Auffassungsgabe, Auffassungsvermögen, Scharfsinn
проница́тельностьpronicátelʹnostʹ
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)Keen eyesight.
- intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Examples
1 sentencesI trust in his perspicacity.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French perspicacité (whence -acity) or directly from Latin perspicācitās (“shaFrom Middle French perspicacité (whence -acity) or directly from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".
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Forms
plural: perspicacities| Singular | perspicacity |
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uncountable
Synonyms
7 synonyms- intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings):shrewdnessastutenessperspicaciousness
- the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions:judgmentjudgementsound judgmentsound judgement
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable