Definition of Sagaciousness

1. Noun. The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.


2. Noun. The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating.
Exact synonyms: Judiciousness, Sagacity
Generic synonyms: Wisdom, Wiseness
Derivative terms: Judicious, Sagacious

Definition of Sagaciousness

1. Noun. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sagaciousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sagaciousness

safronal
safronals
saft
safter
saftest
sag
sag down
sag off
sagaciate
sagaciated
sagaciates
sagaciating
sagacious
sagaciously
sagaciousness (current term)
sagaciousnesses
sagacities
sagacity
sagaman
sagamen
sagamite
sagamites
sagamore
sagamores
saganaki
saganash
saganashes
sagapen
sagapens

Literary usage of Sagaciousness

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

1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. sagaciousness, quickness of scent. Sage, a. I. Wise, sagacious, sapient, discerning, shrewd, acute, intelligent, sensible, prudent. 2. ..."

2. The Vision: Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri (1831)
"... and if on certain occasions we applaud his sagaciousness, on others, we do not less wonder that his ingenuity should have been so strangely perverted. ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1906)
"Lit. 40:80. Ja.; Harp. W. 50: 204, 1719. F. 10, D. 1, '06. sagaciousness of private Isaac Washington. G: W. Earl, }т. Harp. W. 50:1722. D. 1, '06. Sagas. ..."

4. Isis Unveiled: A Master-key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1892)
"One (the instinct) is the product of the senses, a sagaciousness shared by the lowest animals, even those who have no reason—it is the ..."

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