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perspicacity

Meaningclear-sighted

Common meaning: ability to understand things clearly

Journey through time

  1. Latinperspicacitatem‘clear-sighted’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsclear-sighted → keenness of insightperspicacité‘keenness of insight’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftskeenness of insight → ability to understand things clearlyperspicacity‘ability to understand things clearly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin perspicacitatem ‘clear-sighted’.

Roots

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