Perspicacious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Perspicacious has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Adjective

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"

perspicacious sagacious sapient

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"

clear-eyed clear-sighted perspicacious

Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.

Example Sentences

"much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument" adjective

"observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions" adjective

"a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" adjective

"too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow" adjective

"chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership" adjective

"much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument" adjective