perspicacity
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perspicacity
- /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/ UK
- /ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French perspicacité (whence -acity) or directly from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".
noun perspicacities
- Acute discernment or understanding; insight. "I understand," I said. "The fact is that you have the money." His face brightened. He seemed pleased at my perspicacity.
- The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly. His very veneration for his father-in-law, combined as it is with a total want of the most ordinary perspicacity, is an additional disqualification.
- Keen eyesight. Attentive consideration of the phenomena of vision has led to the invention of artificial aids by which the sight may be wonderfully strengthened and preserved, and man endowed at once with the perspicacity of the eagle or the minute scrutiny of the insect.
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noun Acute discernment or understanding; insight
| Español | perspicacia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 안식 ansik |
| 日本語 | 洞察 dōsatsu |
| 中文 | 洞察力 dongchali |
| Português | perspicácia |
| Français | perspicacité |
| Deutsch | Weitblick, Scharfsinn |
| Italiano | perspicacità |
| Ελληνικά | οξυδέρκεια oxydérkeia |
| Română | perspicacitate |
| Русский | проница́тельность pronicátelʹnostʹ |
noun The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly
| Deutsch | Auffassungsgabe, Auffassungsvermögen, Scharfsinn |
|---|---|
| Русский | проница́тельность pronicátelʹnostʹ |
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title = {perspicacity},
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