perspicacity
Meanings
noun
- Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
- The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
- Keen eyesight.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From From perspicac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French perspicacité, from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".
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