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perspicacious(dictionary)

perspicacious (iou)



perspicacious adjective. E17.
[from Latin perspicac-, -ax, from perspicere: see PERSPECTIVE noun & verb, -ACIOUS.]
Seeing clearly; keen, sharp. arch. E17.
S. Johnson So thick a mist, that the most perspicacious eye could see but a little way.
Having a clear understanding; perceptive, discerning. M17.
E. Waugh Lord Curzon was more perspicacious..and discerned the great talents.
perspicaciously adverb M18.
perspicaciousness noun E18.