23. perspicacious
Published in
Mar 22, 2022
cogito ergo…
(21 March 2022)
definition
perspicacious [/ˌpərspəˈkāSHəs/]
adj. knowing clearly, readily
extended definition
having a ready insight (into something), having a good understanding
etymology
Latin: per “through” + specere “to look at” → perspicere “to look through, look closely” → perspicax “sharp-sighted, able to see through” →1630s as an adjective to noun perspicacity
references
- definitions from Oxford Languages via Google’s English Dictionary
- etymology (word origin information) from Online Etymology Dictionary (“etymonline”)
- see also: my favorite Latin dictionary, William Whitaker’s Words
