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sagacious a. 睿智的,聪明的,贤明的 睿智的,聪明的,贤明的 sagacious adj 1: acutely insightful and wise; " much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; " observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; " a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" [ synonym: { perspicacious}, { sagacious}, { sapient}] 2: skillful in statecraft or management; " an astute and sagacious statesman" Sagacious \ Sa* ga" cious\, a. [ L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See { Seek}, and cf. { Presage}.] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen- scented; skilled in following a trail. [ 1913 Webster] Sagacious of his quarry from so far. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far- sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. [ 1913 Webster] Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. -- Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster] Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: See { Shrewd}. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Sa* ga" cious* ly}, adv. -- { Sa* ga" cious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 86 Moby Thesaurus words for " sagacious": acute, all- knowing, anticipant, anticipatory, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute, aware, blase, cagey, clairvoyant, clever, cogent, cognizant, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, critical, discerning, discriminating, divinatory, experienced, far- seeing, farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foreknowing, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, gnostic, heady, incisive, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mature, matured, mindful, not born yesterday, old, omniscient, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, practiced, precognitive, precognizant, prehensile, prepared, prescient, provident, providential, prudent, ready, ripe, ripened, sage, sapient, savvy, seasoned, sensible, shrewd, smart, sophic, sophisticated, trenchant, tried, tried and true, understanding, veteran, wise, world- wise, worldly, worldly- wise |
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