sagacious
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightednessHaving or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
» The sagacious serpent told the silly unicorn what to do.
Мудрый змей подсказал глупому единорогу, как поступить.
Meaning
1 senses(formal)Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
klug, scharfsinnig, weise
проница́тельныйpronicátelʹnyj
- skillful in statecraft or management
- acutely insightful and wise
Examples
3 sentencesThe sagacious serpent told the silly unicorn what to do.
ruМудрый змей подсказал глупому единорогу, как поступить.
A sagacious activist would have pointed out the assumptions underlying those loaded questions.
He was never short of a sagacious saying or two, that Confucius!
deDer hatte schon ein paar tolle Weisheiten auf Lager, der Konfuzius!
Translations
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Origin
Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -acious.Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -acious.
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Forms
more sagacious, most sagacious| Comparative | more sagacious Lesson |
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| Superlative | most sagacious Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- acutely insightful and wise:perspicacioussapient
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form