Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perspicacity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perspicacity \Per`spi*cac"i*ty\, n. [L. perspicacitas: cf. F.
perspicacit['e]. See {Perspicacious}.]
The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of
intelligence; acute discernment. --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perspicacity
n 1: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business
dealings) [syn: {shrewdness}, {astuteness}, {perspicaciousness}]
2: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
and to draw sound conclusions [syn: {judgment}, {judgement},
{sound judgment}, {sound judgement}]
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