Perspicacious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perspicacious \Per`spi*ca"cious\ (p[~e]r`sp[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]s),
     a. [L. perspicax, -acis, fr. perspicere to look through: cf.
     F. perspicace. See {Perspective}.]
     1. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp
        of sight.
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     2. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Per`spi*ca"cious*ly}, adv. --
        {Per`spi*ca"cious*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perspicacious
       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: {sagacious}, {sapient}]
       2: mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear-eyed
          not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be
          prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too
          perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
          [syn: {clear-eyed}, {clear-sighted}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "perspicacious":
     acute, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
     apprehensive, argute, astute, aware, cagey, cogent, cognizant,
     comprehending, conscious, discerning, farseeing, farsighted,
     foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, heady,
     incisive, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing,
     knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mindful, omniscient,
     penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicuous, piercing,
     prehensile, provident, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp-sighted,
     sharp-witted, shrewd, trenchant, understanding, wise