Category:Sagacious

Sa*ga"cious, a. Etym: [l. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive Quickly or keenly, and probably to e. seek. See seek, and cf. Presage.]

1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a Trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.

2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and Judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; Sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct. . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our Apprehension. Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them Into general propositions. Locke.

Syn. -- see shrewd. -- sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. -- sa-ga"cious*ness, n.