perspicacious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

acutely insightful and wise
- "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"
mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
- "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"

Adj

Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

Origin / Etymology

First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspiciō (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speciō (“look at”). See also perspective.

Synonyms

clear-eyed, clear-sighted, sagacious, sapient

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