sagacity
Plural: sagacities
Noun
- The quality of having keen mental discernment and good judgment.
- the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
- The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
- Keen sense of smell.
Examples
- His sagacity in Words With Friends was evident in his consistent high scores.
Origin / Etymology
From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“I perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
Synonyms
discernment, judgement, judgment, judiciousness, sagaciousness, wisdom
Scrabble Score: 14
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