acuteness.
The quality of being acute or pointed.
Meaning & usage
The quality of being acute or pointed.
the acuteness of an angle
Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions.
By acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English acute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English acuteness From acute + -ness.
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