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Sagacious

Sa-ga′cious

,
Adj.
[L.
sagax
,
sagacis
, akin to
sagire
to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E.
seek
. See
Seek
, and cf.
Presage
.]
1.
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
Sagacious
of his quarry from so far.
Milton.
2.
Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise;
as, a
sagacious
man; a
sagacious
remark
.
Instinct . . . makes them, many times,
sagacious
above our apprehension.
Dr. H. More.
Only
sagacious
heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions.
Locke.
Syn. – See
Shrewd
.
Sa-ga′cious-ly
,
adv.
Sa-ga′cious-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sagacious

SAGA'CIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. sagax, from sagus, wise, foreseeing; saga, a wise woman; sagio, to perceive readily. The latter signifies wise, prudent, sage, and an essay, which unites this word with seek, and L. sequor.]
1.
Quick of scent; as a sagacious hound; strictly perhaps, following by the scent, which sense is connected with L. sequor; with of; as sagacious of his quarry.
2.
Quick of thought; acute in discernment or penetration; as a sagacious head; a sagacious mind.
I would give more for the criticisms of one sagacious enemy, than for those of a score of admirers.

Definition 2024


sagacious

sagacious

English

Adjective

sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)

  1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.

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  1. "Sagacious" at Dictionary.com
  • sagacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • sagacious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • sagacious at OneLook Dictionary Search