sagacious
adj/səˈɡeɪʃəs/
Etymology Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -acious.
1
Formal Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
- I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]2020 July 10, Ben Williams, “The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation”, in The Mississippi Business Journal:
- Synonyms
- astute, clairvoyant, frood
- Derived terms
- sagaciously, sagaciousness, unsagacious
- Related terms
- sagacity