Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. synonym: shrewd.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
- Of acute discernment.
- Synonyms Acute, shrewd, clear-sighted, sharp-witted. See
astute .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
- adjective Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective figuratively Of acute
discernment ; havingkeen insight ; mentallyperceptive . - adjective obsolete Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective acutely insightful and wise
- adjective mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Regardless of the fact that you don't know what the word perspicacious means, you continue to amaze me.
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Regardless of the fact that you don't know what the word perspicacious means, you continue to amaze me.
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Martin also squeezes the word "perspicacious" into his first paragraph, and drops the dime "pleonastic" later on.
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Anyone who proselytises on behalf of the enemy in a time of war can hardly be described as 'perspicacious' regardless of their race or religion (or lack thereof).
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I ain't got much on them elocution skillz, but I gots it on the spellin' front: "perspicacious" ;
Barbequed Shrimp 2007
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Apparently my perspective is 'perspicacious'. pftp wrote: I don't have heated rhetoric, nor am I necessarily denying AGW, I have a deep distrust of people from your side of the coin.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local johngalt1 2010
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Apparently my perspective is 'perspicacious'. pftp wrote: I don't have heated rhetoric, nor am I necessarily denying AGW, I have a deep distrust of people from your side of the coin.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local pftp 2010
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Apparently my perspective is 'perspicacious'. pftp wrote: I don't have heated rhetoric, nor am I necessarily denying AGW, I have a deep distrust of people from your side of the coin.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local pftp 2010
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Apparently my perspective is 'perspicacious'. pftp wrote: I don't have heated rhetoric, nor am I necessarily denying AGW, I have a deep distrust of people from your side of the coin.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local grandpaw 2010
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Apparently my perspective is 'perspicacious'. pftp wrote: I don't have heated rhetoric, nor am I necessarily denying AGW, I have a deep distrust of people from your side of the coin.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local johngalt1 2010
kafkaesque commented on the word perspicacious
The Simpsons (episode 2F19)
Lisa: Relax? I can't relax! Nor can I yield, relent, or -- Only two synonyms? Oh my God: I'm losing my perspicacity!
Homer: Well, it's always in the last place you look.
January 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word perspicacious
"I pop with perspicacity..." --Wilbur, "Charlotte's Web"
October 21, 2007
palooka commented on the word perspicacious
Such a beautiful word - in all its forms!
October 22, 2007
mcgelligot commented on the word perspicacious
Do perspicacious and perspiration have the same root?
November 14, 2008
skorpiontail commented on the word perspicacious
I had to sound out PERSPICACIOUS like 6 times before i gave up & looked it up. Because neither my grandma or i knew how to pronounce it, nor did we know what it meant. But it certainly did look like an interesting word & downright HARD to pronounce if you dont know it already-PERSPICACIOUS!!! Pretty Cool!!! I LUV THIS WORD! Its in my favs now!!
November 28, 2012