sagacity
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sagacity
- /səˈɡæ.sə.ti/
- /səˈɡæ.sɪ.ti/
Rhymes with -æsɪti
Where it comes from
From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”) (whence -acity), from sāgiō (“to perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
noun sagacities
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The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.
Similar: sagaciousness, wisdom
- Keen sense of smell. […] this Beast [the Ichneumon] is not only enemy to the Crocodile and Asp, but also to their Egs, which she hunteth out by the sagacity of her nose, and so destroyeth them […]
Similar: wisdom
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noun
Similar: wisdom
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noun quality of being sage
| Español | sagacidad |
|---|---|
| Português | sagacidade |
| Deutsch | Weisheit |
| Ελληνικά | αγχίνοια anchínoia |
| Русский | сообрази́тельность soobrazítelʹnostʹ, прозорли́вость prozorlívostʹ, расторо́пность rastorópnostʹ, му́дрость múdrostʹ, смека́лка smekálka |
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title = {sagacity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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