sagacious

English

Etymology

Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈɡeɪʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)

1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
   • 2020 July 10, Ben Williams, “The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation”, in The Mississippi Business Journal:

     I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]

Synonyms

• astute
• clairvoyant
• frood

Derived terms

• sagaciously
• sagaciousness

Related terms

• sagacity

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) Hindi: विचक्षण (hi) m (vicakṣaṇ) Irish: críonna, fáidhiúil Italian: sagace (it) Latin: sagax, cordātus Odia: ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ (or) (bicakṣaṇa) Polish: roztropny (pl) Portuguese: sagaz (pt) Russian: проница́тельный (ru) (pronicátelʹnyj) Sanskrit: विचक्षण (sa) (vicakṣaṇa) Serbo-Croatian: oštrouman (sh) Spanish: sagaz (es) Thai: เฉียบแหลม (th)

References

• “sagacious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sagacious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “sagacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.