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sagacious

/səˈɡeɪʃəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
saga-cious
IPA
/səˈɡeɪʃəs/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.

Formal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -acious.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more sagacious (comparative) most sagacious (superlative)

Derived Forms

sagaciously sagaciousness unsagacious

Frequently Paired Words

sagacity

Synonyms

astute clairvoyant frood perspicacious sapient

Rhymes With

gracious spacious cretaceous tenacious audacious gaseous herbaceous voracious flirtatious vivacious ostentatious fallacious

Questions

How do you pronounce sagacious?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˈɡeɪʃəs/.
What does sagacious mean?
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
Where does sagacious come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce sagacious

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