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Sagacious

//səˈɡeɪʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.

    "I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    skillful in statecraft or management wordnet
  2. 2
    acutely insightful and wise wordnet

Etymology

Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -ious.

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