sagaciousadj.

Brit.

/səˈɡeɪʃəs/, U.S.

/səˈɡeɪʃəs/

Etymology: < Latin sagāc-em (whence French sagace ), sagax, < the root *sāg- (= Germanic *sōk- , seek v.) in sāgīre to discern acutely.

†1. Acute in perception, esp. by the sense of smell. Const. of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute

tender-noseda1425

nosedc1425

high-nosed1548

quick-nosed1561

well-nosed1568

scented1579

well-scented1579

quick-scented1590

nose-wise1596

sagacious1607

scentful1616

nasute1699

nice-scented1777

osmatic1880

nim-nosed1936

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes Ep. Ded. sig. A5 The Bees seeke out their King if he loose himselfe, and by a most sagacious smelling-sence, neuer cease till he be found out.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sagacious,..quick of scent, taste or sight.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 281 So sented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His Nostril wide into the murkie Air, Sagacious of his Quarrey from so farr.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 251 With Might and Main they chas'd the murd'rous Fox,..Nor wanted Horns t' inspire sagacious Hounds.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 196 And Hound, sagacious on the tainted green.

a. Gifted with acuteness of mental discernment; having special aptitude for the discovery of truth; penetrating and judicious in the estimation of character and motives, and in the devising of means for the accomplishment of ends; shrewd.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective]

subtlec1300

subtilea1450

judgemented1548

sundry1564

refined1574

discerning1583

respective1597

discernible1603

divisive1603

distinct1606

distinctional1607

discriminativea1638

distinctive1646

distinctial1648

discernable1650

discriminating1650

sagacious1650

discriminanta1656

dignoscitive1674

distinguishing1699

discriminate1743

discriminatory1745

diacritical1856

discriminational1918

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective]

sharpc888

yepec1000

spacka1200

yare-witelc1275

fellc1300

yap13..

seeinga1382

far-castinga1387

sightya1400

perceivinga1425

snellc1425

politic?a1439

quickc1449

pregnant?a1475

pert1484

quick-wittedc1525

apt1535

intelligentc1540

queemc1540

ready-witted1576

political1577

of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579

conceited1583

perspicuous1584

sharp-witteda1586

shrewd1589

inseeing1590

conceived1596

acute1598

pregnate1598

agile1599

nimble-headed1601

insighted1602

nimble1604

nimble-witted1604

penetrant1605

penetrating1606

spraga1616

acuminous1619

discoursing1625

smart1639

penetrativea1641

sagacious1650

nasute1653

acuminate1654

blunt-sharpa1661

long-headed1665

smoky1688

rapid1693

keen1704

gash1706

snack1710

cute1731

mobile1778

wide awake1785

acuminated1786

quick-minded1789

kicky1790

snap1790

downy1803

snacky1806

unbaffleable1827

varmint1829

needle-sharp1836

nimble-brained1836

incisivea1850

spry1849

fast1850

snappy1871

hard-boiled1884

on the spot1903

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 145 It would seem a wonder if sagacious Nature should faulter only in the forming of that part.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 6 True Charity is sagacious, and will find out hints for beneficence.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 77 That Great and Sagacious Naturalist.. Signior Malpighi.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 125 Our very sagacious author found them in this condition.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 249 The world grown old, her deep discernment shows, Claps spectacles on her sagacious nose.

1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 136 He appeared to the greatest advantage, sagacious in distinguishing and observing.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 194 He had been urged by an adviser less sagacious and more impetuous than himself, to try a bolder course.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xix. 314 Bardo was entirely under the ascendency of his sagacious and practical friend.

b. Of observations, sayings, actions, etc.: Resulting from or exhibiting acuteness of mental discernment; characterized by sagacity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > of speech, action

readya1400

politicc1430

feat1519

handsome?1543

witty1551

political1577

conceited1583

shrewd1761

sagacious1831

kokum1839

1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton ix. 108 Hence he concluded that diamond ‘is an unctuous substance coagulated’,—a sagacious prediction, which has been verified in the discoveries of modern chemistry.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 161 The Esquimaux examines the track with sagacious care.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 438 This sagacious conjecture has since been fully verified by the discoveries of Wurtz and Hofmann.

1876 J. S. Blackie Lang. & Lit. Sc. Highlands ii. 87 In Homer himself,..we find not a few of those sagacious, curt sentences, into which men unacquainted with books are fond of compressing their experience of human life.

3. Of animals: Intelligent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > intelligent

witty1398

wise1560

ingenious1607

sagacious1759

1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 27 Oct. 111 Of all the solitary insects I have ever remarked, the spider is the most sagacious.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide, But his sagacious eye an inmate owns.

Derivatives

saˈgaciously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adverb]

sharplyc897

redlyc1275

wellc1450

finely1538

aptly1578

acutely1600

shrewdly1600

penetratingly1670

sagaciously1678

penetratively1697

cutely1762

keenly1824

downily1845

percipiently1924

insightfully1932

sharp-wittedly1934

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 33 Wherefore they sagaciously apprehended, that there must needs be [etc.].

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. iv. 102 But Edmund..Sagaciously the Pageantry suspects.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. i. 62 But his measures had been so sagaciously taken, that except through that perverseness of fortune,..he could hardly fail of success.

saˈgaciousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun]

sharpnessc897

yepshipc1000

insightc1175

yepleȝȝcc1175

yephedea1250

wit1297

fellnessa1382

policyc1440

discerningc1450

policec1450

inspectiona1527

perceivance1534

aptitude1548

sagacity1548

acuity?1549

nimbleness1561

acumen1579

seeing eye1579

esprit1591

acuteness1601

depth1605

penetration1605

knowingness1611

shrewdnessa1616

piercingnessa1628

discernment1646

sharpwittedness1647

nasuteness1660

arguteness1662

sagaciousness1678

perceptivity1700

keenness1707

cuteness1768

intuition1780

recollectedness1796

long-headedness1818

perceptiveness1823

kokum1848

incision1862

incisiveness1865

penetrativeness1873

flair1881

hard-boiledness1912

smart1964

spikiness1977

sus1979

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 249 Where this Love is not only called πολὐμητις of Much-counsel or Sagaciousness..but also πρεσβὐτατος.

1884 J. Hawthorne A. Malmaison iii It is always a delicate matter to fathom the depth of a medical man's sagaciousness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sagacious
释义	sagaciousadj. Brit. /səˈɡeɪʃəs/, U.S. /səˈɡeɪʃəs/ Etymology: < Latin sagāc-em (whence French sagace ), sagax, < the root sāg- (= Germanic sōk- , seek v.) in sāgīre to discern acutely. †1. Acute in perception, esp. by the sense of smell. Const. of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [adjective] > having sense of smell > having acute tender-noseda1425 nosedc1425 high-nosed1548 quick-nosed1561 well-nosed1568 scented1579 well-scented1579 quick-scented1590 nose-wise1596 sagacious1607 scentful1616 nasute1699 nice-scented1777 osmatic1880 nim-nosed1936 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes Ep. Ded. sig. A5 The Bees seeke out their King if he loose himselfe, and by a most sagacious smelling-sence, neuer cease till he be found out. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Sagacious,..quick of scent, taste or sight. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 281 So sented the grim Feature, and upturn'd His Nostril wide into the murkie Air, Sagacious of his Quarrey from so farr. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Cock & Fox in Fables 251 With Might and Main they chas'd the murd'rous Fox,..Nor wanted Horns t' inspire sagacious Hounds. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 196 And Hound, sagacious on the tainted green. 2. a. Gifted with acuteness of mental discernment; having special aptitude for the discovery of truth; penetrating and judicious in the estimation of character and motives, and in the devising of means for the accomplishment of ends; shrewd. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] subtlec1300 subtilea1450 judgemented1548 sundry1564 refined1574 discerning1583 respective1597 discernible1603 divisive1603 distinct1606 distinctional1607 discriminativea1638 distinctive1646 distinctial1648 discernable1650 discriminating1650 sagacious1650 discriminanta1656 dignoscitive1674 distinguishing1699 discriminate1743 discriminatory1745 diacritical1856 discriminational1918 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] sharpc888 yepec1000 spacka1200 yare-witelc1275 fellc1300 yap13.. seeinga1382 far-castinga1387 sightya1400 perceivinga1425 snellc1425 politic?a1439 quickc1449 pregnant?a1475 pert1484 quick-wittedc1525 apt1535 intelligentc1540 queemc1540 ready-witted1576 political1577 of (a) great, deep, etc., reach1579 conceited1583 perspicuous1584 sharp-witteda1586 shrewd1589 inseeing1590 conceived1596 acute1598 pregnate1598 agile1599 nimble-headed1601 insighted1602 nimble1604 nimble-witted1604 penetrant1605 penetrating1606 spraga1616 acuminous1619 discoursing1625 smart1639 penetrativea1641 sagacious1650 nasute1653 acuminate1654 blunt-sharpa1661 long-headed1665 smoky1688 rapid1693 keen1704 gash1706 snack1710 cute1731 mobile1778 wide awake1785 acuminated1786 quick-minded1789 kicky1790 snap1790 downy1803 snacky1806 unbaffleable1827 varmint1829 needle-sharp1836 nimble-brained1836 incisivea1850 spry1849 fast1850 snappy1871 hard-boiled1884 on the spot1903 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 145 It would seem a wonder if sagacious Nature should faulter only in the forming of that part. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 6 True Charity is sagacious, and will find out hints for beneficence. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 77 That Great and Sagacious Naturalist.. Signior Malpighi. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 125 Our very sagacious author found them in this condition. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 249 The world grown old, her deep discernment shows, Claps spectacles on her sagacious nose. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 136 He appeared to the greatest advantage, sagacious in distinguishing and observing. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 194 He had been urged by an adviser less sagacious and more impetuous than himself, to try a bolder course. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xix. 314 Bardo was entirely under the ascendency of his sagacious and practical friend. b. Of observations, sayings, actions, etc.: Resulting from or exhibiting acuteness of mental discernment; characterized by sagacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > of speech, action readya1400 politicc1430 feat1519 handsome?1543 witty1551 political1577 conceited1583 shrewd1761 sagacious1831 kokum1839 1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton ix. 108 Hence he concluded that diamond ‘is an unctuous substance coagulated’,—a sagacious prediction, which has been verified in the discoveries of modern chemistry. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xv. 161 The Esquimaux examines the track with sagacious care. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (1862) III. 438 This sagacious conjecture has since been fully verified by the discoveries of Wurtz and Hofmann. 1876 J. S. Blackie Lang. & Lit. Sc. Highlands ii. 87 In Homer himself,..we find not a few of those sagacious, curt sentences, into which men unacquainted with books are fond of compressing their experience of human life. 3. Of animals: Intelligent. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > intelligent witty1398 wise1560 ingenious1607 sagacious1759 1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 27 Oct. 111 Of all the solitary insects I have ever remarked, the spider is the most sagacious. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 The wakeful bloodhound rose, and shook his hide, But his sagacious eye an inmate owns. Derivatives saˈgaciously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adverb] sharplyc897 redlyc1275 wellc1450 finely1538 aptly1578 acutely1600 shrewdly1600 penetratingly1670 sagaciously1678 penetratively1697 cutely1762 keenly1824 downily1845 percipiently1924 insightfully1932 sharp-wittedly1934 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 33 Wherefore they sagaciously apprehended, that there must needs be [etc.]. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. iv. 102 But Edmund..Sagaciously the Pageantry suspects. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. i. 62 But his measures had been so sagaciously taken, that except through that perverseness of fortune,..he could hardly fail of success. saˈgaciousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] sharpnessc897 yepshipc1000 insightc1175 yepleȝȝcc1175 yephedea1250 wit1297 fellnessa1382 policyc1440 discerningc1450 policec1450 inspectiona1527 perceivance1534 aptitude1548 sagacity1548 acuity?1549 nimbleness1561 acumen1579 seeing eye1579 esprit1591 acuteness1601 depth1605 penetration1605 knowingness1611 shrewdnessa1616 piercingnessa1628 discernment1646 sharpwittedness1647 nasuteness1660 arguteness1662 sagaciousness1678 perceptivity1700 keenness1707 cuteness1768 intuition1780 recollectedness1796 long-headedness1818 perceptiveness1823 kokum1848 incision1862 incisiveness1865 penetrativeness1873 flair1881 hard-boiledness1912 smart1964 spikiness1977 sus1979 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 249 Where this Love is not only called πολὐμητις of Much-counsel or Sagaciousness..but also πρεσβὐτατος. 1884 J. Hawthorne A. 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