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sagacity

n.
UK //sæɡˈæsɪti// sagac·i·ty Archaic
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Origin

From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”), from sāgiō (“I perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.

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