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adjective
- 1. having a ready insight into and understanding of things: "it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter"
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Jul 1, 2011 · PERSPICACIOUS definition: 1. quick in noticing, understanding, or judging things accurately: 2. quick in noticing…. Learn more.
perspicacious implies unusual power to see through and understand what is puzzling or hidden. a perspicacious counselor saw through the child's facade. astute suggests shrewdness, perspicacity, and diplomatic skill. an astute player of party politics.
having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. adjective. acutely insightful and wise. “much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument” synonyms: sagacious, sapient. wise. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Perspicacious."
Perspicacious definition: having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning. See examples of PERSPICACIOUS used in a sentence.
Someone who is perspicacious notices, realizes, and understands things quickly. [ formal ] ...one of the most perspicacious and perceptive historians of that period.
PERSPICACIOUS meaning: 1. quick in noticing, understanding, or judging things accurately: 2. quick in noticing…. Learn more.
Definition of perspicacious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. acutely perceptive or discerning. 2. archaic having keen eyesight. [C17: from Latin perspicax, from perspicere to look at closely; see perspective] ˌperspiˈcaciously adv. perspicacity, ˌperspiˈcaciousness n.
A complete guide to the word "PERSPICACIOUS": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
PERSPICACIOUS definition: quick in noticing, understanding, or judging things accurately. Learn more.
