Word of the Day for Monday, January 16, 2012
perspicacious \pur-spi-KEY-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning.
2. Archaic. Having keen vision.
The B.O. is perspicacious when it comes to knowing how best to get more Democrat votes, although I wouldn't really say that getting more people feeding off of the government pig trough is much of a talent, it's just pandering to the basest of instincts of the American public that are so inclined to such, that being sloth, greed, envy, acedia, lust, and gluttony!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
You are perspicacious, know the ways of the world, and are more tactful than most men of your age.-- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
More perspicacious neighbors, the Paulsens among them, suspected that Joey also enjoyed being the smartest person in the house.-- Jonathan Franzen, Freedom
Perspicacious is derived from the Late Latin word perspicācitās meaning "sharpness of sight."
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