sagacious means having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 74 out of 100.
Why this word is great
SAGACIOUS — [Adjective] Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness. From the Latin sagax, sagac- ("keen-scented, perceptive, wise") + the English adjectival suffix -ious. Unlike shrewd, which implies a sharp, mercenary cleverness in a specific deal, or wise, which suggests a broader mantle of venerable knowledge, sagacious denotes a specific acuity of mind—a penetrating, practical insight that anticipates consequences. It is the diplomat who perceives the true motive behind the flattering speech, the farmer who reads the wind and harvests a day early, or the archivist who reconstructs an entire lost text from a single fragment. A sagacious mind moves through the present with the quiet confidence of one who has already been to the future and returned, bearing a map of its pitfalls.
adj
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.“I resort, once again, to a sagacious adage from Justice Scalia […]”