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.
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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