sagacity
pronunciation
How to pronounce sagacity in British English:
UK [sə'ɡæsətɪ]
How to pronounce sagacity in American English:
US [səˈɡæsɪti]
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- Noun:
- ability to make good judgments
- the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Word Origin
- sagacity (n.)
- c. 1500, from Middle French sagacité, from Latin sagacitatem (nominative sagacitas) "keenness of perception, quality of being acute," from sagax (genitive sagacis) "of quick perception, acute," related to sagus "prophetic," sagire "perceive keenly," from PIE root *sag- "to track down, trace, seek" (cognates: Old English secan "to seek;" see seek). Also used 17c.-18c. of animals, meaning "acute sense of smell."
Example
- 1. And who is this paragon of musical sagacity ?
- 2. Nor should we be under any illusions about the innate sagacity of the old-fashioned british banker .
- 3. The sapient man used his sagacity in the vertical commercial device .
- 4. The sapient man used his sagacity in the perpendicular commercial device .
- 5. The security system that seals the savage science smartly by its supreme sagacity and strength .