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• Perspicacity — Per spi*cac i*ty, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F. perspicacit[ e]. See {Perspicacious}.] The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• perspicacity — I noun acuity, acumen, acute discernment, acuteness, astuteness, capacity, clear thinking, clear thought, clear vision, discernment, discretion, discrimination, farsightedness, insight, judgment, ken, perception, perceptiveness, sagacity, sense,… …   Law dictionary

• perspicacity — noun /ˌpɜːr.spɪˈkæs.ə.tiː/ a) Acute discernment or understanding; insight. I understand, I said. The fact is that you have the money. His face brightened. He seemed pleased at my perspicacity. b) The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or… …   Wiktionary

• perspicuity — /perr spi kyooh i tee/, n. 1. clearness or lucidity, as of a statement. 2. the quality of being perspicuous. [1470 80; < L perspicuitas. See PERSPICUOUS, ITY] Syn. 1. clarity, plainness, intelligibility. 2. transparency. 3. PERSPICUITY,… …   Universalium

• List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… …   Wikipedia

• Intelligence — (Roget s Thesaurus) Wisdom. < N PARAG:Intelligence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intelligence intelligence capacity comprehension understanding Sgm: N 1 cuteness cuteness sabe ???>* =>(U.S.) savvy ???>* =>(U.S.) …   English dictionary for students

• intelligence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Capacity to learn Nouns 1. intelligence, capacity, comprehension, apprehension, understanding; parts, sagacity, [mother] wit, esprit; intelligence quotient, IQ, acuteness, shrewdness, cunning; acumen,… …   English dictionary for students

• perspicuity — n 1. lucidity, lucidness, clarity, clearness, plainness, unambiguousness, unambiguity, unmistakability; explicitness, preciseness, precision, exactness, definiteness, distinctness, clear cutness; com prehensibility, comprehensibleness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• shrewd — shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, astute can all mean acute in perception and sound in judgment, especially in reference to practical affairs. Shrewd implies native cleverness, acumen, and an exceptional ability to see below the surface; it often …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• perspicacious — adjective Etymology: Latin perspicac , perspicax, from perspicere Date: 1640 of acute mental vision or discernment ; keen Synonyms: see shrewd • perspicaciously adverb • perspicaciousness noun • perspicacity noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• shrewd — adjective Etymology: Middle English shrewed, from shrewe + 1 ed Date: 13th century 1. archaic mischievous 2. obsolete abusive, shrewish 3. obsolete ominous, dangerous …   New Collegiate Dictionary