单词 | perspicacity |
释义 | perspicacity /perr'spi kas"i tee/, n. 1. keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration. 2. Archaic. keen vision. [1540-50; earlier perspicacite < LL perspicacitas sharpness of sight, equiv. to perspicaci- (s. of perspicax sharp-sighted; see PERSPICUOUS) + -tas -TY2] Syn. 1. shrewdness, acuity, astuteness, insight, acumen. See perspicuity. Ant. 1. obtuseness. |
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