perspicacious

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English

WOTD – 7 January 2008

Etymology

First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspiciō (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speciō (“look at”). See also perspective.

Pronunciation

Adjective

perspicacious (comparative more perspicacious, superlative most perspicacious)

  1. (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
    • 1982 April 17, David K. Jose, “Habeas Corpus”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
      As a gay prisoner my incarceration has given me a perspicacious view of our judicial system.
  2. (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

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