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noun
The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: sagaciousness, wisdom
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Keen sense of smell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: judiciousness, sagaciousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wisdom, wiseness
noun
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wisdom, sapience
Narrower terms: eye, common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit, judiciousness, discretion, discreetness, circumspection, prudence, injudiciousness, indiscreetness
History
From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”) (whence -acity), from sāgiō (“to perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
