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Webster 1913 Edition
Acuteness
A-cute′ness
,Noun.
1.
The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness;
as, the
. acuteness
of an angleAS
2.
The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; – applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern fine distinctions.
Perhaps, also, he felt his professional
acuteness
interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott.
3.
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
4.
(Med.)
Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
AS
Syn. – Penetration; sagacity; keenness; ingenuity; shrewdness; subtlety; sharp-wittedness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acuteness
ACU'TENESS
,Noun.
1.
Sharpness; but seldom used in this literal sense, as applied to material things.2.
Figuratively, the faculty of nice discernment or perception; applied to the senses, or the understanding. By an acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions; by an acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.3.
Sharpness, or elevation of sound, in rhetoric or music.4.
Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.Definition 2024
acuteness
acuteness
English
Noun
acuteness (usually uncountable, plural acutenesses)
- The quality of being acute or pointed; as, the acuteness of an angle.
- The faculty of nice discernment or perception; sensitiveness; – applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
- Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
- Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind