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perspicacity

pers·pi·ca·city

UK/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/ US/ˌpɜːɹ.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/ uncommon obsolete

noun

Origin

From Middle French perspicacité (whence -acity) or directly from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".

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