English-Thai Dictionary

sagacious

ADJ เฉียบแหลม  มีไหวพริบ ปฏิภา ณ  เฉลียวฉลาด และ ตัดสินใจ ได้ดี  chib-leam

 

sagaciously

ADV อย่างฉลาด  yang-cha-lad

 

sagaciousness

N ความ เฉียบแหลม  kwam-chib-leam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAGACIOUS

a.[L. sagax, from sagus, wise, foreseeing; saga, a wise woman; sagio, to perceive readily. The latter signifies wise, prudent, sage, and an essay, which unites this word with seek, and L. sequor.] 1. Quick of scent; as a sagacious hound; strictly perhaps, following by the scent, which sense is connected with L. sequor; with of; as sagacious of his quarry.
2. Quick of thought; acute in discernment or penetration; as a sagacious head; a sagacious mind.
I would give more for the criticisms of one sagacious enemy, than for those of a score of admirers.

 

SAGACIOUSLY

adv. 1. With quick scent.
2. With quick discernment or penetration.

 

SAGACIOUSNESS

n. 1. The quality of being sagacious; quickness of scent.
2. Quickness or acuteness of discernment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAGACIOUS

Sa *ga "cious, a. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sagacious

sa ga cious |səˈgāSHəs səˈɡeɪʃəs | ▶adjective having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd: they were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation. DERIVATIVES sa ga cious ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin sagax, sagac- ‘wise ’ + -ious .

 

Oxford Dictionary

sagacious

sagacious |səˈgeɪʃəs | ▶adjective having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; wise or shrewd: they were sagacious enough to avoid any outright confrontation. DERIVATIVES sagaciously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin sagax, sagac- ‘wise ’ + -ious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sagacious

sagacious adjective they would all go to Granny Maywell, a sagacious old bird who could scare anyone into doing the right thing: wise, clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, sensible, sage; discerning, judicious, canny, perceptive, astute, shrewd, prudent, thoughtful, insightful, perspicacious; informal streetwise, savvy; formal sapient. ANTONYMS foolish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sagacious

sagacious adjective the President sent his most sagacious aide to help Republican candidates: wise, clever, intelligent, with /showing great knowledge, knowledgeable, sensible, sage; discerning, judicious, canny, penetrating, perceptive, acute, astute, shrewd, prudent, politic, thoughtful, full of insight, insightful, percipient, perspicacious, philosophical, profound, deep; informal streetwise; rare sapient. ANTONYMS stupid, foolish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sagacious

sa ga cious /səɡéɪʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人 事が 〉賢明な, 聡明 [機敏 ]な (wise ); 〈動物が 〉人のように利口な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞