argute

English

Etymology

From Latin argūtus, perfect passive participle of arguō (“I clarify”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡjuːt/

Adjective

argute (comparative more argute, superlative most argute)

1. (literary) Sharp; perceptive; shrewd.
   • 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 228:

     “Suppose,” said Roland Græme, “we should begin as in a tale-book, by asking each others names and histories.” “It is right well imagined,” said Catherine, “and shews an argute judgment. Do you begin, and I will listen, and only put in a question or two at the dark parts of the story. Come, unfold then your name and history, my new acquaintance.”

2. (literary) Shrill in sound.

Derived terms

• argutely
• arguteness

 

Translations

sharp, shrewd

• Bulgarian: остър (bg) (ostǎr), пронизителен (bg) (pronizitelen)
• Portuguese: arguto (pt)

Anagrams

• Tuareg, Ugarte, rugate, truage

Italian

Adjective

argute

1. feminine plural of arguto

Anagrams

• tregua, tuareg

Latin

Participle

argūte

1. vocative masculine singular of argūtus

References

• “argute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “argute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• argute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.