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perspicacity.

Acute discernment or understanding; insight.

12 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/UK/ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/US
  1. Acute discernment or understanding; insight.

    uncountable · usually
  2. The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.

    uncountable · usually
  3. Keen eyesight.

    obsolete · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle French perspicacité (whence -acity) or directly from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".

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