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11,616- Sagacious
- Sagacity
- Sagamore
- Sagapen
- Sagapenum
- Sagathy
- Sage
- Sagebrush
- Sagebrush State
- Sagely
- Sagene
- Sageness
- Sagenite
- Sagenitic
- Sagger
- Sagging
- Saginate
- Sagination
- Sagitta
- Sagittal
- Sagittarius
- Sagittary
- Sagittate
- Sagittated
- Sagittocyst
- Sago
- Sagoin
- Sagum
- Sagus
- Sagy
- Sahib; Saheb
- Sahibah
- Sahidic
- Sahlite
- Sahui
- Sai
- Saibling
- Saic
- Said
- Saiga
- Saikyr
- Sail
- Sailable
- Sailboat
- Sailcloth
- Sailer
- Sailfish
- Sailing
- Sailless
- Sailmaker
- Sailor
- Saily
- Saim
- Saimir
- Sain
- Sainfoin
- Saint
- Saint-Simonian
- Saint-Simonianism
- Saint-Simonism
- Saintdom
- Sainted
- Saintess
- Sainthood
- Saintish
- Saintism
- Saintlike
- Saintliness
- Saintly
- Saintologist
- SAINTS,
- Saintship
- Saith
- Saithe
- Saiva
- Saivism
- Sajene
- Sajou
- Sake
- Saker
- Sakeret
- Saki
- Sakieh; Sakiyeh
- Sakti
- Sal
- Sala
- Sala, Or Salah
- SALA, SALAH
- Salaam
- Salability
- Salable
- Salacious
- Salacity
- Salad
- Salade
- Salading
- Salaeratus
- Salagane
- Salah
- Salal-Berry
- Salam
- Salamander
- Salamandrina
- Salamandrine
- Salamandroid
- Salamandroidea
- SALAMIS
- Salamstone
- Salangana
- Salaried
- Salary
- SALATHIEL
- SALCAH,
- Salcah, Or Salchah
- Sale
- Saleable; Saleably
- Saleb
- Salebrosity
- Salebrous
- SALEM
- Salep
- Saleratus
- Salesman
- Saleswoman
- Salework
- SALI
- Salian
- Saliant
- Saliaunce
- Salic
- Salicaceous
- Salicin
- Salicyl
- Salicylal
- Salicylate
- Salicylic
- Salicylide
- Salicylite
- Salicylol
- Salicylous
- Salience
- Saliency
- Salient
- Saliently
- Saliferous
- Salifiable
- Salification
- Salify
- Saligenin
- Saligot
- Salim
- Salimeter
- Salimetry
- Salina
- Salina Period
- Salination
- Saline
- Salineness
- Saliniferous
- Saliniform
- Salinity
- Salinometer
- Salinous
- Salique
- Saliretin
- Salisburia
- Salite
- Saliva
- Salival
- Salivant
- Salivary
- Salivate
- Salivation
- Salivous
- Salix
- SALLAI
- Sallenders
- Sallet
- Sallet; Salleting
- Salliance
- Sallow
- Sallowish
- Sallowness
- SALLU
- Sally
- Sally Lunn
- Sallyman
- Salm
- SALMA,
- Salma, Or Salmon
- Salmagundi
- SALMANASAR.
- Salmi
- Salmiac
- Salmis
- SALMON
- SALMONE
- Salmonet
- Salmonoid
- Salogen
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Sagacious
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far. Milton.
2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. Dr. H. More. Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. Locke.
Synonyms: See Shrewd. Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. Sa-ga"cious*ness, n.