sagacity

Meaning

  1. The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
  2. (obsolete) Keen sense of smell.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈɡæsəti/
Etymology

From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“I perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.

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