sagacity
sa·ga·city
noun
1.
2.
the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
Origin
From French sagacité, from Latin sagācitās (“sagaciousness”), from sagāx (“of quick perception, acute, sagacious”) (whence -acity), from sāgiō (“to perceive by the senses”). Equivalent to sagac(ious) + -ity.
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