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Feb. 08, 2016
sagacity\suh-GAS-i-tee\noun
1. acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
QuotesNever before that night had I felt the extent of my own
powers--of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of
triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little,
and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts.
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart," The Pioneer, January,
1843OriginSagacity can be traced to the Latin sagÄcitÄs meaning
"wisdom." It entered English in the mid-1500s.More From
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