noun
Meaning 1
Perspicacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
perspicaciousness
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noun
Meaning 2
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intelligence
Narrower terms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, insightfulness, acumen, knowingness, street smarts
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English perspicacious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English perspicaciousness From perspicacious + -ness.