Perspicacious

Word of the Day for Monday, January 16, 2012

perspicacious \pur-spi-KEY-shuhs\, adjective:

1. Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.
2. Archaic. Having keen vision.

You are perspicacious, know the ways of the world, and are more tactful than most men of your age.
-- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

More perspicacious neighbours, the Paulsens among them, suspected that Joey also enjoyed being the smartest person in the house.
-- Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

Perspicacious is derived from the Late Latin word perspicācitās meaning "sharpness of sight."

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