'Sagaciousness' definitions:
Definition of 'sagaciousness'
From: WordNet
noun
The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment]
noun
The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: judiciousness, sagacity, sagaciousness]
Definition of 'Sagaciousness'
From: GCIDE
- 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]