sagacity

Sagacity is the quality of being wise or having good judgment.

(noun)

An example of sagacity is when a person refuses to get in the car with someone who has been drinking.

See sagacity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. sagacities

the quality or an instance of being sagacious; penetrating intelligence and sound judgment

Origin: Fr sagacité < L sagacitas

See sagacity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The quality of being discerning, sound in judgment, and farsighted; wisdom.

Origin:

Origin: French sagacité

Origin: , from Old French sagacite

Origin: , from Latin sagācitās, quickness of perception

Origin: , from sagāx, sagāc-, of keen perception; see sagacious

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