"perspicacious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ [US] Audio: en-us-perspicacious.ogg [US] Forms: more perspicacious [comparative], most perspicacious [superlative]
enPR: pûr'spĭ·kā'shəs Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspiciō (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speciō (“look at”). See also perspective. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{uder|en|LL.|perspicācitās||discernment}} Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), {{uder|en|la|perspicax||sharp-sighted}} Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), {{m|la|perspiciō||look through}} perspiciō (“look through”), {{m|la|per-||through}} per- (“through”), {{m|la|speciō||look at}} speciō (“look at”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} perspicacious (comparative more perspicacious, superlative most perspicacious)
  1. (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive. Tags: figuratively Translations (showing keen insight): مُتَبَصِّر (mutabaṣṣir) (Arabic), прані́клівы (praníklivy) (Belarusian), проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), прозорлив (prozorliv) (Bulgarian), perspicaç (Catalan), 明察秋毫 (míngchá qiūháo) (Chinese Mandarin), bystrý (Czech), klarsynet (Danish), scherpzinnig (Dutch), spitsvondig (Dutch), schrander (Dutch), akrasenta (Esperanto), akravida (Esperanto), tähelepanelik (Estonian), tarkkanäköinen (Finnish), perspicace (French), scharfsinnig (German), οξυδερκής (oxyderkís) (Greek), सूक्ष्मदर्शी (sūkṣmadarśī) (Hindi), tisztánlátó (Hungarian), perspicace (Italian), 明察 (meisatsu) (english: acute discernment) (alt: めいさつ) (Japanese), 明敏 (meibin) (english: having keen insight) (alt: めいびん) (Japanese), 明達 (meitatsu) (alt: めいたつ) (Japanese), 명민한 (myeongminhan) (Korean), 총기 있는 (chonggi inneun) (Korean), perspicax (Latin), įžvalgus (Lithuanian), про́никлив (prónikliv) (Macedonian), остро́умен (ostróumen) (Macedonian), skarpsindig (Norwegian), skarpsindig (Norwegian Nynorsk), wnikliwy [masculine] (Polish), przenikliwy (Polish), perspicaz (Portuguese), perspicace (Romanian), проница́тельный (pronicátelʹnyj) (Russian), bystrý (Slovak), pronicljiv (Slovene), perspicaz (Spanish), klarsynt (Swedish), zeki (Turkish), прони́кливий (pronýklyvyj) (Ukrainian), چتر (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-perspicacious-en-adj-1~SEq5HS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'showing keen insight': 96 4
  2. (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted. Tags: obsolete Translations (able to physically see clearly): зорък (zorǎk) (Bulgarian), scherpziend (Dutch), akravida (Esperanto), clairvoyant (French), οξυδερκής (oxyderkís) (Greek), 明視 (meishi) (alt: めいし) (Japanese), perspicax (Latin), о́строок (óstrook) (Macedonian), klarsynt (Norwegian), klarsynt (Norwegian Nynorsk), klårsynt (Norwegian Nynorsk), bystry (Polish), зо́ркий (zórkij) (Russian), clarividente (Spanish), klarsynt (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-perspicacious-en-adj-TU4EhGWw Disambiguation of 'able to physically see clearly': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: perspicaciously, perspicaciousness Related terms: perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuous, perspicuously, perspicuousness, clairvoyant, conspicuous, perspective

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          "word": "چتر"
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        "5": "sharp-sighted"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "perspiciō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "look through"
      },
      "expansion": "perspiciō (“look through”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "per-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "through"
      },
      "expansion": "per- (“through”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "speciō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "look at"
      },
      "expansion": "speciō (“look at”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspiciō (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speciō (“look at”). See also perspective.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more perspicacious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most perspicacious",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perspicacious (comparative more perspicacious, superlative most perspicacious)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "per‧spi‧ca‧cious"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "perspicacity"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuity"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuous"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuously"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "clairvoyant"
    },
    {
      "word": "conspicuous"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspective"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982 April 17, David K. Jose, “Habeas Corpus”, in Gay Community News, page 3",
          "text": "As a gay prisoner my incarceration has given me a perspicacious view of our judicial system.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discernment",
          "discernment"
        ],
        [
          "keen",
          "keen"
        ],
        [
          "insight",
          "insight"
        ],
        [
          "perceptive",
          "perceptive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quick-sighted",
          "quick-sighted"
        ],
        [
          "sharp-sighted",
          "sharp-sighted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃəs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perspicacious.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-us-perspicacious.ogg/En-us-perspicacious.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-us-perspicacious.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pûr'spĭ·kā'shəs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mutabaṣṣir",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "مُتَبَصِّر"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "praníklivy",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "прані́клівы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pronicatelen",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "проницателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prozorliv",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "прозорлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicaç"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngchá qiūháo",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "明察秋毫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "bystrý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "klarsynet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "scherpzinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "spitsvondig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "schrander"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "akrasenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "akravida"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "tähelepanelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "tarkkanäköinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicace"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "scharfsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oxyderkís",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "οξυδερκής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sūkṣmadarśī",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "सूक्ष्मदर्शी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "tisztánlátó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicace"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいさつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "acute discernment",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meisatsu",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "明察"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいびん",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "having keen insight",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meibin",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "明敏"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいたつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meitatsu",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "明達"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeongminhan",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "명민한"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chonggi inneun",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "총기 있는"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicax"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "įžvalgus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prónikliv",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "про́никлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ostróumen",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "остро́умен"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "skarpsindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "skarpsindig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wnikliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "przenikliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pronicátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "проница́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "bystrý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "pronicljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "perspicaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "klarsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "zeki"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pronýklyvyj",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "прони́кливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "showing keen insight",
      "word": "چتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zorǎk",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "зорък"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "scherpziend"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "akravida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "clairvoyant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oxyderkís",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "οξυδερκής"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meishi",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "明視"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "perspicax"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óstrook",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "о́строок"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "klarsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "klarsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "klårsynt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "bystry"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zórkij",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "зо́ркий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "clarividente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "able to physically see clearly",
      "word": "klarsynt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perspicacious"
}

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