The Wonderful World Of Words 1/25/17
Today's word is "SAGACIOUS".
DEFINITION:
Adjective
- having or showing keen judgement or discernment
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
1600-1610
Latin "sagax" sagacity - wise + -ious.
PRONUNCIATION:
/səˈɡeɪʃəs/
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USAGE/EXAMPLES:
He was wise, sagacious, and a little ambitious, he took advantage of their miserable , situatjon, and united them.
--An Union to be Subjection, Proved from Mr. C's Own Words in His Arguments For and Against
by An Irish Logician, 1799
From the wise and SAGACIOUS work ought not to arise without a purpose and without a cause.
--Pahlavi Texts
edited by Edward William West, 2012
SYNONYMS:
- wise
- clever
- shrewd
ANTONYMNS:
- careless
- foolish
- haphazard
SCRABBLE SCORE
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Do you consider yourself to be SAGACIOUS? What uncommon words do you know that mean "wise" or even "crafty"?
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