DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
44.193.29.184

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

3 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sa·ga·cious /səˈgeʃəs, sɪ-/
 (a.)睿智的,聰明的,賢明的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sa·ga·cious a.
 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
    Sagacious of his quarry from so far.   --Milton.
 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sagacious
      adj 1: acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be
             taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and
             thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious
             questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient
             advice to educators" [syn: perspicacious, sapient]
      2: skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and
         sagacious statesman"