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Webster 1913 Edition
Sagacious
Sa-ga′cious
,Adj.
1.
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
Sagacious
of his quarry from so far. Milton.
2.
Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise;
as, a
. sagacious
man; a sagacious
remarkInstinct . . . makes them, many times,
sagacious
above our apprehension. Dr. H. More.
Only
sagacious
heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke.
Syn. – See
– Shrewd
. Sa-ga′cious-ly
, adv.
Sa-ga′cious-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sagacious
SAGA'CIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Quick of scent; as a sagacious hound; strictly perhaps, following by the scent, which sense is connected with L. sequor; with of; as sagacious of his quarry.2.
Quick of thought; acute in discernment or penetration; as a sagacious head; a sagacious mind.I would give more for the criticisms of one sagacious enemy, than for those of a score of admirers.
Definition 2024
sagacious
sagacious
English
Adjective
sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
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having or showing keen discernment