| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| perspicacious |
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| SYLLABICATION: | per·spi·ca·cious |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  pûr sp -k  sh s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. See synonyms at shrewd. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin perspicx, perspicc-, from perspicere, to look through. See perspective. | | OTHER FORMS: | perspi·cacious·ly —ADVERB
perspi·cacious·ness —NOUN
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