perspicacious

The definition of perspicacious is being perceptive with clear vision and good judgment.

(adjective)

An example of something perspicacious is a CEO who guessed that the company needed a new direction.

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See perspicacious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. having keen judgment or understanding; acutely perceptive
  2. Archaic having keen vision

Origin: < L perspicax (gen. perspicacis) < perspicere, to see through: see perspective

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See perspicacious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. See Synonyms at shrewd.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin perspicāx, perspicāc-

Origin: , from perspicere, to look through; see perspective

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Related Forms:

  • perˌspi·caˈcious·ly adverb
  • perˌspi·caˈcious·ness noun

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