SAGACIOUS

sagacious. Sagacious, a. quick of scent or thought, acute

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Sa‐ga″cious (?), a. [[L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]] 1. 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton. 2. 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke. Syn. — See Shrewd. — Sa‐ga″cious‐ly, adv. — Sa‐ga″cious‐ness, n.