Definitions for: Sagacious

[adj] skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"
[adj] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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. 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.

Synonyms: perspicacious, politic, sapient, wise

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