摘要: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 7, 2022 is: sagacious • \suh-GAY-shus\ R...
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 7, 2022 is:
sagacious • \suh-GAY-shus\ • adjective
Sagacious means "having or showing an ability to understand difficult ideas and situations and to make good decisions." It implies being wise or discerning.
// Student reviews paint the writing professor as a sagacious mentor and a compassionate teacher.
Examples:
"If depression crept in, she would phone her sagacious dad for advice…." — Tom Lanham, Spin, 8 Sept. 2021
Did you know?
You might expect the root of sagacious to be sage, which, as an adjective, means "wise" or, as a noun, "a wise person." Despite similarities of spelling, sound, and sense, the two words are not closely related. Sagacious comes from sagire, a Latin verb meaning "to perceive keenly." Etymologists believe that sage comes from a different Latin verb, sapere, which means "to taste," "to have good taste," or "to be wise."
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