2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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" [syn: {perspicacious}, {sapient}]
2: skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and
sagacious statesman"
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