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Antonyms for sagacity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-gas-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : səˈgæs ɪ ti

Definition of sagacity

Origin :
  • c.1500, from Middle French sagacité, from Latin sagacitatem (nominative sagacitas) "keenness of perception, quality of being acute," from sagax (genitive sagacis) "of quick perception, acute," related to sagus "prophetic," sagire "perceive keenly," from PIE root *sag- "to track down, trace, seek" (cf. Old English secan "to seek;" see seek). Also used 17c.-18c. of animals, meaning "acute sense of smell."
  • noun wisdom
Example sentences :
  • The Scotch officer admired his sagacity in detecting this adventurer.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • After the incident of the birds and cage, my sagacity was for some time at fault.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I do believe your sagacity did not deceive you; for some such thing occurred!
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • And yet the only magic has been her vigilance, her courage, her sagacity.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • I had a view, moreover, to give her an high opinion of her own sagacity.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But I need not tell you this, for you have the sagacity to comprehend it all yourself.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • At twenty-four he had the sagacity, the prudence, the reserve of a man of fifty.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • This will not decrease his opinion of your sagacity and firmness.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • The doubloons in the yawl would have been lost but for the sagacity of Mulford.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • But Uncas, with Indian sagacity, led the party on the trail.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Synonyms for sagacity

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