🔤 Perspicacious (Adjective)

IPA: //ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs//

✨ Use perspicacious when you want to praise someone’s mental sharpness in seeing beyond the obvious.

🧠 Meaning

Having a ready insight and understanding of things; mentally sharp and perceptive.

✍️ Example Sentences

🔹 Her perspicacious analysis of the case impressed even the seasoned lawyers.

🔹 The journalist’s perspicacious questions revealed the truth behind the politician’s vague answers.

📜 Word Origin

From Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspicere — per- ("through") + specere ("to look at").

💡 Did You Know?

A perspicacious person doesn’t just notice details—they grasp the deeper meaning and connections instantly.

🏷️ Related Words

#perceptive #insightful #astute #shrewd #discerning #clever

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