Perspicacious Definition

pûrspĭ-kāshəs
adjective
Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted.
American Heritage
Having keen judgment or understanding; acutely perceptive.
Webster's New World
Having keen vision.
Webster's New World

Origin of Perspicacious

  • 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin perspicāx perspicāc- from perspicere to look through perspective

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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