# perspicacity

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/

## Definitions
1. Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
2. The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
3. Keen eyesight.

## Etymology
From
From perspicac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French perspicacité, from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".

## Source
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