sagacious

Meaningkeen-scented

Common meaning: wise and shrewd

sagackeen-scented; shrewdLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1616 · scan
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Journey through time

Latinsagāx, -ācis‘keen-scented’
Englishsagacious‘wise and shrewd’ · 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 sagāx ‘keen-scented; shrewd’.

Roots

sagāx, -ācis Latin “keen-scented; shrewd”

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