sharpsightedadj.
/ʃɑːpˈsʌɪtɪd/ 1. Having acute or quick sight.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > clear- or sharp-sighted
bright-eyeda1393
sightya1400
well-eyeda1425
well-seeing?a1425
eagle-eyeda1475
well-sighteda1529
clear-eyed1530
quick-sighted1542
oculate1549
quick-eyed1561
eyed1563
sharpsighted1571
clear-sighted1586
eagle-sighted1589
lynx-eyed1597
mouse-eyed1599
lycophosed1600
lycophosy1600
right-eyed1600
nimble-eyed1605
perspicacious1616
lyncean1622
piercing-sighted1630
perspicuous1657
sharp-eyed1672
gimlet-eyed1752
keen-eyed1781
keen-sighted1813
hawk-eyed1818
accipitrine1872
accipitral1881
1571 A. Golding in tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. Ep. Ded. sig. *.ijv Though he were otherwise as sharpsighted as Argus.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 129 Sharpe sighted as the Eagles eye.
1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 136 He often trembled lest some future explorer of manuscripts might be found as sharp-sighted as himself.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds v. 62 So sharpsighted and timid are these birds.
1905 A. R. Wallace My Life xiv. 209 The Welshman is by no means sharp-sighted when his cattle are enjoying them~selves in a neighbour's field.
2. figurative. Having acuteness of mental vision.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision
clear1340
well-sighteda1529
clear-eyed1530
quick-sighted1542
thorough-seeing1556
quick-eyed1561
(a person) of a far fetch1574
sharpsighted1583
clear-sighted1586
perspicacious1640
far-sighted1641
clear-headed1709
pellucid1813
far-seeing1837
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie ix. 49 Because we be not sharpesighted ynough to spie out the thinges that God perceiueth.
1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. i. 10 For want of this knowledge..he is liable to be..impos'd upon..by the sharp-sighted world.
1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xiv. 115 [She] was sharpsighted and clear-witted.
Derivatives
sharpˈsightedness n.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [noun] > clear- or sharp-sightedness
quicknessa1398
clearness1535
eagle eye1567
perspicacity1606
quicksightedness1625
piercingnessa1628
sharpsightedness1647
edgea1682
clear-sightednessa1691
acuity1866
visual acuity1889
V.A.1932
stereo-acuity1942
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xxiv. 28) 553 Eagles the Saints are called,..for their sharp-sightednesse.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvii. 262 She had never felt so satisfied with her own sharp-sightedness as she did that day.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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