perspicacity

Pronunciation: /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/

The English word “perspicacity” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
Keen eyesight.

Etymology

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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