資料來源 : pyDict
睿智;聰敏
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton.
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.
Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More.
Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n.
資料來源 : WordNet®
sagaciousness
n 1: ability to make good judgments [syn: {sagacity}, {judgment},
{judgement}, {discernment}]
2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and
evaluating [syn: {judiciousness}, {sagacity}]