sagacity Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
judgement; sagaciousness; judgment; discernment.
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noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
judiciousness; sagaciousness.
WordNet
Sa*gac"i*ty noun
Etymology
L.Definitions
The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous education. V. Knox.
Syn. -- Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. -- Sagacity ,Penetration . Penetration enables us to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others, and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.
