Perspicaciousness
[pur-spi-key-shuh s] /ˌpɜr spɪˈkeɪ ʃəs/
adjective
1.
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning:
to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
2.
Archaic. having keen vision.
/ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs/
adjective
1.
acutely perceptive or discerning
2.
(archaic) having keen eyesight
adj.
1630s, formed as an adjective to perspicacity, from Latin perspicax “sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through; acute” (see perspicacity). Related: Perspicaciously; perspicaciousness.
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