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sagacious

English

Etymology

Coined between 1600 and 1610 from sagacity +? -ous

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s???e???s/
  • Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

sagacious (comparative more sagacious, superlative most sagacious)

  1. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
    • 2020, Ben Williams, The U.S. Supreme Court and sexual orientation, in: The Mississippi Business Journal, July 10 2020
      I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]

Synonyms

  • frood

Derived terms

  • sagaciously
  • sagaciousness

Related terms

  • sagacity

Translations

References

  • sagacious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • sagacious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • sagacious at OneLook Dictionary Search

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wily

English

Etymology

From Middle English wily, wiley, wyly; equivalent to wile +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wa?.li/
  • Rhymes: -a?li
  • Homophone: Wylie
  • Hyphenation: wi?ly

Adjective

wily (comparative wilier or more wily, superlative wiliest or most wily)

  1. Sly, cunning, full of tricks
    Horatio's new girlfriend is a wily coquette and poor Horatio is too smitten to see it.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:wily

Derived terms

  • wilily
  • wiliness

Translations

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