sagacity
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French sagacité, from Latin sagacitas (“sagaciousness”), from sagax (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sagire (“to perceive by the senses”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: sə.ˈgeɪ.sɪ.ti
[edit] Noun
sagacity (usually uncountable; plural sagacities)
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
quality of being sage
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- sagacity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- sagacity in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- sagacity at OneLook Dictionary Search
