acuity
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English acuite, acuyte, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acuō (“sharpen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /əˈkjuːɪti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]acuity (plural acuities)
- Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
- (figurative) The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
- The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.
- 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker[1], →ISSN:
- And yet Dalio’s acuity prompts an awkward question: how much of Bridgewater’s success comes not from the way it is organized, or any notion of “radical transparency,” but from the boss’s raw investment abilities?
Synonyms
[edit]- See Thesaurus:wisdom
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]sharpness or acuteness
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Further reading
[edit]- “acuity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “acuity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “acuity”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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