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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of arguō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
argūtus (feminine argūta, neuter argūtum, comparative argūtior, superlative argūtissimus, adverb argūtē); first/second-declension adjective
- expressive
- lively
- clear-sounding, noisy
- talkative, loquacious
- (of smell and taste) sharp, pungent
- acute, sagacious, witty
- sly, cunning, artful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “argutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- argutus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- argutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.