- having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc.
- Obs. having a keen sense of smell
Origin of sagacious
from Classical Latin sagax (gen. sagacis), wise, foreseeing; akin to sagire, to perceive acutely: see sake
Sharon's sagacious habit of checking her car's oil level every month keeps it running in top form.
The definition of sagacious is someone with sound judgment.
An example of sagacious is someone checking the oil in their car before a long road trip.
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sagacious
adjective
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness. See Synonyms at shrewd.
Origin of sagacious
From Latin sagāx sagāc- of keen perception ; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- sa·ga′cious·ly
adverb
- sa·ga′cious·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
Origin
Coined between 1600 and 1610 from sagacity +"Ž -ous
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Sentence Examples
- The army had appeared a hard master when it ent its strength to a wise and sagacious rule.
- He was transparent in character, chivalrous, kindly, firm, eloquent and sagacious; his purity of motive and unselfishness commanded absolute confidence; he had originality and initiative in dealing with new and difficult circumstances, and great aptitude for business details.
- No better fared Clement's medieval rights to Parma; nor could the sagacious and popular Benedict XIV.
- Step by step, with sagacious and patient accuracy, he advanced to the great discovery which has immortalized his name.
- A "strenuous and sagacious man" he rendered valuable service to both kings in their Norman wars, and Henry I.
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