Definition of Perspicacious

1. Adjective. Acutely insightful and wise. "A source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"

Exact synonyms: Sagacious, Sapient
Similar to: Wise
Derivative terms: Perspicaciousness, Perspicacity, Sagaciousness, Sapience

2. Adjective. Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning. "Much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
Exact synonyms: Clear-eyed, Clear-sighted
Similar to: Discerning
Derivative terms: Perspicaciousness

Definition of Perspicacious

1. a. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

Definition of Perspicacious

1. Adjective. (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perspicacious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspicacious

persons of ordinary skill in the art
persons of size
personæ
perspectival
perspective
perspectiveless
perspectively
perspectives
perspectivism
perspectograph
perspectographs
perspectography
perspecuity
perspexes
perspicable
perspicacious (current term)
perspicaciously
perspicaciousness
perspicacities
perspicacity
perspicacy
perspicience
perspicil
perspicils
perspicuities
perspicuity
perspicuous
perspicuously
perspicuousness
perspirability

Literary usage of Perspicacious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... and flourishing kingdoms of Greece, should be so besotted ; and we in our times, how those witty Chinese, so perspicacious in all other things should be ..."

2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1905)
"... and flourishing kingdoms of Greece, should be so besotted; and we in our times, how those witty Chinese, so perspicacious in all other things should be ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"far-seeing, perspicacious. Long bome. The tomb, the sepulchre, the grave, Kent, acute, shrewd, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, 2. Relax, loosen. narrow house, ..."

4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"See PERSONAL 2. persons See PEOPLE, PERSONS. perspicacious, perspicacity, perspicuous, perspicuity Fowler 1926 was perhaps wise in his approach to this ..."

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