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† ˈperspicacy Obs.
[f. L. perspicāc-em perspicacious: see -acy 1.]
= prec.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. v. ii, Nay, lady, doe not scorne us, though you haue the gift of perspicacie aboue others. 1658Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xviii. 463 It was a very great mistake in the perspicacy [ed. 1646 perspicacity] of that Animal. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xliii. 355 In blunting the perspicacy of the Eyes of the Wise. |