"sagacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səˈɡeɪʃəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-sagacious.wav Forms: more sagacious [comparative], most sagacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -ious. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|sagāx}} Latin sagāx, {{suffix|en||-ious}} + -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)
  1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd. Synonyms: astute, clairvoyant, frood Derived forms: sagaciously, sagaciousness Related terms: sagacity Translations (having or showing keen discernment): πυκνός (puknós) (Ancient Greek), fərasətli (Azerbaijani), проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), прозорлив (prozorliv) (Bulgarian), съобразителен (sǎobrazitelen) (Bulgarian), sagaç (Catalan), scherpzinnig (Dutch), schrander (Dutch), viisas (Finnish), terävänäköinen (Finnish), sagace (French), sagaz (Galician), guímaro (Galician), გამჭრიახი (gamč̣riaxi) (Georgian), საზრიანი (sazriani) (Georgian), klug (German), scharfsinnig (German), weise (German), 𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 (snutrs) (Gothic), críonna (Irish), fáidhiúil (Irish), sagace (Italian), sagax (Latin), cordātus (Latin), roztropny (Polish), sagaz (Portuguese), проница́тельный (pronicátelʹnyj) (Russian), oštrouman (Serbo-Croatian), sagaz (Spanish)
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