Definitions
the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Word origin
From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“to perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“See Thesaurus:wisdom”
“[…] 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 […]”
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01“Sound judgment”8 letters
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