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shrewd
English
Alternative forms
- shrewde (obsolete)
Etymology
c. 1300, Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English scr?awa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew +? -ed. More at shrew.
The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16th c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17th c.
Pronunciation
- enPR: shro?od, IPA(key): /??u?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Adjective
shrewd (comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest)
- Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
- Artful, tricky or cunning.
- (informal) Streetwise, street-smart.
- Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
- Nigh accurate.
- Severe, intense, hard.
- Sharp, snithy, piercing.
- (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:
- Portia:
- There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper,
- That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek:
- Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world
- Could turn so much the constitution
- Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:
- (obsolete) Portending, boding.
- (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
- (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
- (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:
- Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:
Derived terms
- shrewdly
- shrewdness
Translations
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incisive
English
Etymology
Late Middle English (in the sense “cutting, penetrating”), borrowed from Medieval Latin inc?s?vus, from inc?d? (“to cut in, cut through”) +? -?vus (“-ive”, adjectival suffix). Compare Middle French incisif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?sa?.s?v/
- Rhymes: -a?s?v
Adjective
incisive (comparative more incisive, superlative most incisive)
- (of a person or mental process) Intelligently analytical and concise.
- (of an account) Accurate and sharply focused.
- (of an action) Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression.
- Synonyms: decisive, forthright
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
- Synonyms: sharp, acute, sarcastic, biting
- (anatomy, not comparable) Of or relating to the incisors.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “incisive”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “incisive”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.si.ziv/
- Homophone: incisives
Adjective
incisive
- feminine singular of incisif
Noun
incisive f (plural incisives)
- incisor (tooth)
Further reading
- “incisive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.t??i?zi.ve/
- Hyphenation: in?ci?sì?ve
Adjective
incisive
- feminine plural of incisivo
Anagrams
- inveisci
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.ki??si?.u?e/, [??ki??s?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.t??i?si.ve/, [in??t??i?s?i?v?]
Adjective
inc?s?ve
- vocative masculine singular of inc?s?vus
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