About The Word Sagacious
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Sagacious
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What's The Definition Of Sagacious?
[adj] skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"
[adj] acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sagacious: perspicacious | politic | sapient | wise Related Terms | Find terms related to Sagacious: See Also | Sagacious In Webster's Dictionary \Sa*ga"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}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n.
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