Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or character of being sagacious, in any sense; sagaciousness.
- noun Synonyms Perspicacity, etc. (see
judgment ), insight, motherwit. Seeastute and discernment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
sage ,wise , or able to make good decisions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Etymologies
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Examples
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Is it not singular that these animals, not usually wanting in sagacity or courage, should when threatened by fire so quietly submit to their fate without making a single effort to escape?
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There are few better guides for a young man than this book of homely sagacity, which is wisdom about the world without being tainted by the bad sort of worldly wisdom.
Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868
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'Is it my defect of spiritual experience, that while that weight of sagacity, which is the iron to the dart of genius, is needful to satisfy me, the undertone of another and a deeper knowledge does not please, does not command me?
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Ossoli, Margaret F 1851
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Carthaginians called sagacity, and the Romans treachery and cunning, determined not to see these messengers.
Hannibal Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841
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Pinchot's funny accent work is quite unexpectedly perfect for the Dupin stories, featuring as they do the semi-hysterical Prefect of the Paris police, "G____," who is wont to burst into peals of lunatic laughter whenever Dupin calls his sagacity into question.
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011
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'Is it my defect of spiritual experience, that while that weight of sagacity, which is the iron to the dart of genius, is needful to satisfy me, the undertone of another and a deeper knowledge does not please, does not command me?
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Margaret Fuller 1830
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He spoke with a rare sagacity, which is a remarkable gift in a nation who exhibit more intellect in their conduct than in their conversation.
Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy R. S. [Illustrator] Greig 1791
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Not that good sense alone will be sufficient j for that conbiderable part of it, emending a comipt text, there must be a certain sagacity, which is siO dis - tinguishing a quality in Dr. Bentley.
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For that consider - able part of it, emending a corrupt text, there must be a certain sagacity, which is so distinguishing a quality in Dr. Bentley.
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It wouldn't be right to say that my relationship with George has revealed to me the "sagacity" of animals.
quotato commented on the word sagacity
Gates’ lack of news or sagacity was doubly troubling for the elaborate protocol required to get in, including making people sit in the auditorium 90 minutes ahead of the speech – without so much as wireless connectivity so they could make use of the time
January 9, 2007
sillygoose commented on the word sagacity
Uses: sagacious; sagaciousness
September 6, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word sagacity
I never fully understood my relations.
December 21, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word sagacity
lisa bono, I presume (see visuals)
August 7, 2011
gulyasrobi commented on the word sagacity
HU for "sagacity" = itelokepesseg
September 13, 2012