Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acumen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acumen \A*cu"men\, n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf.
{Acute}.]
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind;
the faculty of nice discrimination. --Selden.
Syn: Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
acumen
n 1: a tapering point
2: shrewdness shown by keen insight [syn: {insightfulness}]
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