sagacity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
    judgement; sagaciousness; judgment; discernment.
  2. noun the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
    judiciousness; sagaciousness.

WordNet


Sa*gac"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. sagacitas. See Sagacious.
Definitions
  1. The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness.
    Some [brutes] show that nice sagacity of smell. Cowper.
    Natural sagacity improved by generous education. V. Knox.
    Syn. -- Penetration; shrewdness; judiciousness. -- Sagacity, Penetration. Penetration enables us to enter into the depths of an abstruse subject, to detect motives, plans, etc. Sagacity adds to penetration a keen, practical judgment, which enables one to guard against the designs of others, and to turn everything to the best possible advantage.

Webster 1913