Sa*gac"i*ty (?), n. [L.
sagacitas. See Sagacious.] The quality of being
sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of
discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment;
shrewdness.
Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of
smell.
Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous
education.
V. Knox.
Syn. -- Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. --
Sagacity, Penetration. Penetration enables us to
enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives,
plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical
judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others,
and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.
Sa*gac"i*ty (?), n. [L.
sagacitas. See Sagacious.] The quality of being
sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of
discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment;
shrewdness.
Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of
smell.
Cowper.
Natural sagacity improved by generous
education.
V. Knox.
Syn. -- Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. --
Sagacity, Penetration. Penetration enables us to
enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives,
plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical
judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others,
and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.
