keenness of perception; comprehensiveness, being able to understand quickly
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Perspicacity Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
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\per`spi*cac"i*ty\ (?), n. [l. perspicacitas: cf. f. perspicacité. see perspicacious.] the state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment. t. browne.
Acuteness or discernment.
Clearness of understanding or insight; penetration, discernment
EG:Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.(W.S.LANDOR)
EG:Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.(W.S.LANDOR)
Noun
1. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
(synonym) shrewdness, astuteness, perspicaciousness
(hypernym) intelligence
(hyponym) craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
(classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
2. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
(synonym) judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement
(hypernym) trait
(hyponym) objectivity, objectiveness
Perspicacity Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Perspicacity (also called perspicaciousness and perspicuity) is a penetrating discernment - a clarity of vision or intellect which provides a deep understanding and insight.
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