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sagacities

sagacities is the plural of sagacity.

Meaning of sagacity

Noun

sagacity (usually uncountable, plural sagacities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.
    • Young ladies have great penetration in such matters as these; but I think I may defy even your sagacity, to discover the name of your admirer.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 15, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, usually) Keen sense of smell.
    • […] this Beast [the Ichneumon] is not only enemy to the Crocodile and Asp, but also to their Egs, which she hunteth out by the sagacity of her nose, and so destroyeth them […]1607, Edward Topsell, The History of Four-footed Beasts, Serpents, and Insects, London: G. Sawbridge et al., published 1658, page 352

Questions about sagacities

What is sagacities the plural of?
Sagacities is the plural of sagacity.

Words near sagacities in the dictionary

  1. sagaciates
  2. sagaciating
  3. sagacious
  4. sagaciously
  5. sagaciousness
  6. sagacities
  7. sagacity
  8. Sagad
  9. Sagada
  10. Sagadahoc County
  11. Sagaing

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