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astute
English
Etymology
Latin ast?tus, from astus (“craft”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?tju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Adjective
astute (comparative astuter, superlative astutest)
- Quickly and critically discerning.
- Shrewd or crafty.
- 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014:
- The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.
- 2014, A teacher, "Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents", The Guardian, 23 September 2014:
Synonyms
- crafty, shrewd, wily
Derived terms
- astutely
- astuteness
Translations
Anagrams
- statue
Estonian
Verb
astute
- Second-person plural present form of astuma.
Italian
Adjective
astute
- feminine plural of astuto
Anagrams
- statue
Latin
Adverb
ast?t? (comparative ast?tius, superlative ast?tissim?)
- craftily, cunningly
References
- astute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- astute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- astute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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ingenious
English
Alternative forms
- engenious (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeni?sus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) +? gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d?i?nj?s/, /?n?d?i?ni?s/
- Rhymes: -i?ni?s
- Hyphenation: in?ge?nious
Adjective
ingenious (comparative more ingenious, superlative most ingenious)
- (of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
- (of a thing) Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
- Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.
Usage notes
Do not confuse with ingenuous.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:witty
- See also Thesaurus:intelligent
Related terms
Translations
References
- ingenious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ingenious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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