Definition of perspicacious Perspicacious

/pɚspʌkejˈʃʌs/ - [perspukeyshus] - per•spi•ca•cious

We found 8 definitions of perspicacious from 5 different sources.

What does perspicacious mean?

Adjective
perspicacious - 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"
		sagacious, sapient
		wise having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
perspicacious - mentally acute or penetratingly discerning; "too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow"; "chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership"; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument"
		clear-eyed, clear-sighted
		discerning having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"

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perspicacious (Adjective)
Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
perspicacious (Adjective)
Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

perspicacious (a.)
Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
perspicacious (a.)
Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.

perspicacious
pėr-spi-kā′shus, adj. of clear or acute understanding: quick-sighted.—adv. Perspicā′ciously.—ns. Perspicā′ciousness; Perspicac′ity, state of being acute in discerning: keenness of sight or of understanding; Perspicū′ity, state of being perspicacious: clearness in expressing ideas so as to make them easily understood by others: freedom from obscurity.—adj. Perspic′ūous, that can be seen through: clear to the mind: easily understood: not obscure in any way: evident.—adv. Perspic′ūously.—n. Perspic′ūousness. [L. perspicax, perspicacis—perspicĕre, to see through.]