argute
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin argūtus, perfect passive participle of arguō (“I clarify”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editargute (comparative more argute, superlative most argute)
- (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.”
- (literary) Shrill in sound.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsharp, shrewd
Anagrams
editItalian
editAdjective
editargute
Anagrams
editLatin
editParticiple
editargūte
References
edit- “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.
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