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English
Etymology
Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -ious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
having or showing keen discernment
- Azerbaijani: fərasətli
- Bulgarian: проницателен (bg) (pronicatelen), прозорлив (bg) (prozorliv), съобразителен (bg) (sǎobrazitelen)
- Catalan: sagaç
- Dutch: scherpzinnig (nl), schrander (nl)
- Finnish: viisas (fi), terävänäköinen
- French: sagace (fr)
- Galician: sagaz, guímaro
- Georgian: გამჭრიახი (gamč̣riaxi), საზრიანი (ka) (sazriani)
- German: klug (de), scharfsinnig (de), weise (de)
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (snutrs)
- Greek:
- Ancient: πυκνός (puknós)
- Irish: críonna, fáidhiúil
- Italian: sagace (it)
- Latin: sagax, cordātus
- Polish: roztropny (pl)
- Portuguese: sagaz (pt)
- Russian: проница́тельный (ru) (pronicátelʹnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian: oštrouman (sh)
- Spanish: sagaz (es)
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References
- “sagacious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sagacious”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sagacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.