perspicacity

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
  2. noun the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

Etymology

From From perspicac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French perspicacité, from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".

In classic literature

Synonyms

shrewdness, astuteness, perspicaciousness

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