Associations to the word «Perspicacity»

Wiktionary

PERSPICACITY, noun. Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
PERSPICACITY, noun. The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
PERSPICACITY, noun. (obsolete) Keen eyesight.

Dictionary definition

PERSPICACITY, noun. Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).
PERSPICACITY, noun. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca