sagacious
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Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -ious.
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sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
- 2020 July 10, Ben Williams, “The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation”, in The Mississippi Business Journal:
- I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]
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having or showing keen discernment
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- “sagacious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sagacious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sagacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.