Definitions for sagacitysəˈgæs ɪ ti
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sa•gac•i•tysəˈgæs ɪ ti(n.)
the quality of being sagacious.
Origin of sagacity:
1540–50; < L sagācitās keenness of scent, der. of sagāc-, s. of sagāx (see sagacious )
Princeton's WordNet
sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment(noun)
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
judiciousness, sagacity, sagaciousness(noun)
the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Wiktionary
sagacity(Noun)
The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions.
Origin: From sagacité, from sagacitas, from sagax, from sagire.
Webster Dictionary
Sagacity(noun)
the quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness
Translations for sagacity
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
sagacity(noun)
showing intelligence, wisdom and good judgement
The old priest was learned and sagacious.
- skerpsinnigheidAfrikaans
- حِدَّة ذكاءArabic
- проницателностBulgarian
- sagacidadePortuguese (BR)
- bystrostCzech
- der ScharfsinnGerman
- forstandighedDanish
- σοφία, σύνεσηGreek
- sagacidadSpanish
- tarkusEstonian
- زكاوتFarsi
- viisausFinnish
- sagacitéFrench
- תְבוּנָהHebrew
- विचक्षणता, दूरदर्शिताHindi
- oštroumnost, bistrinaCroatian
- okosság, eszességHungarian
- kebijaksanaanIndonesian
- skynsemi, vitIcelandic
- sagaciaItalian
- 賢明さJapanese
- 현명Korean
- išmintingumas, sumanumasLithuanian
- gudrība; prātsLatvian
- kebijaksanaanMalay
- scherpzinnigheidDutch
- kløkt, skarpsinnNorwegian
- mądrość, roztropnośćPolish
- زكاوتPersian
- دامريكايى سور پو ستو مشر، ملكPashto
- sagacidadePortuguese
- înţelepciuneRomanian
- проницательностьRussian
- bystrosťSlovak
- bistroumnost, modrostSlovenian
- mudrostSerbian
- skarpsinnighet, klokhetSwedish
- ความเฉียบแหลมThai
- akıllılıkTurkish
- 睿智Chinese (Trad.)
- розсудливість, поміркованістьUkrainian
- ذکاوتUrdu
- sự thông minhVietnamese
- 睿智Chinese (Simp.)
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