perspicacious
Syllables: per·spi·ca·ciousUK/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs//ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/
perspicacious adjective: of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
Adjective
perspicacious (comparative more perspicacious, superlative most perspicacious)
- Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
- As a gay prisoner my incarceration has given me a perspicacious view of our judicial system.1982 April 17, David K. Jose, “Habeas Corpus”, in Gay Community News, page 3
- Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
perspicacious meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
perspicacious in Hindi
- showing keen insight
- सूक्ष्मदर्शी sūkṣmadarśī
perspicacious in Urdu
- showing keen insight
- چتر
perspicacious in Bengali
- তীক্ষ্ণ দৃষ্টিশক্তিসম্পন্ন, প্রখর বুদ্ধিশালী
perspicacious in Malayalam
- shrewd, discerning, perceptive
- ഉൾക്കാഴ്ചയുള്ള, സൂക്ഷ്മദർശിയായ, വിവേകിയായ, കാര്യാകാര്യവിവേചനം നടത്തുന്ന, അവബോധമുള്ള, അവബോധാത്മകം
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- perspicacious in Kannada
- ಬೇರ್ಪಡಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಗುರುತಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಚುರುಕು ತಿಬ್ಬಳಿಯ, ಕುಶಾಗ್ರಮತಿಯುಳ್ಳ
- perspicacious in Arabic
- مُتَبَصِّر mutabaṣṣir
Forms of perspicacious
| comparative | more perspicacious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most perspicacious |
Origin of perspicacious
First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspiciō (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speciō (“look at”). See also perspective.
Words formed from perspicacious
Words that rhyme with perspicacious
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- contumacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about perspicacious
- What does perspicacious mean?
- Perspicacious means of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
- What is perspicacious in Hindi?
- Perspicacious in Hindi is सूक्ष्मदर्शी (sūkṣmadarśī). See Perspicacious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is perspicacious?
- Perspicacious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce perspicacious?
- Perspicacious is pronounced /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/ (UK).
Words near perspicacious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perspicacious (page history and authors); perspicacious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); perspicacious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); perspicacious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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