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From Middle English acuite, acuyte, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acuō (sharpen).

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  • IPA(key): /əˈkjuːɪti/
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acuity (plural acuities)

  1. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
  2. (figurative) The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
    The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.
    • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker[1], →ISSN:
      And yet Dalio’s acuity prompts an awkward question: how much of Bridgewater’s success comes not from the way it is organized, or any notion of “radical transparency,” but from the boss’s raw investment abilities?

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