perspicacity
[ pur-spi-kas-i-tee ]
/ ˌpɜr spɪˈkæs ɪ ti /
noun
keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
Archaic.
keen vision.
Origin of perspicacity
1540–50; earlier
perspicacite < Late Latin
perspicācitās sharpness of sight, equivalent to
perspicāci- (stem of
perspicāx sharp-sighted; see
perspicuous) +
-tās
-ty2
SYNONYMS FOR perspicacity
Words nearby perspicacity
persorption,
perspective,
perspectivism,
perspex,
perspicacious,
perspicacity,
perspicuity,
perspicuous,
perspiration,
perspiratory,
perspire