ASTUTE
ADJECTIVES
1000 ► YEPE astute, prudent, wise, sagacious, shrewd → obs.
1300 ► YAP → YAUP astute, clever, cunning; shrewd; nimble, active → chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1579 ► MACHIAVELLIAN astute, cunning, intriguing; preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity
1602 ► MACHIAVELLINE astute, cunning, intriguing; preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity → obs. rare
1718 ► LEARY → LEERY astute, cunning, knowing, artful; wide-awake; alert; cautious, wary → sl.
1823 ► ASTUCIOUS astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd
1838 ► MACHIAVELLIC astute, cunning, intriguing; preferring expediency to morality; practicing duplicity
1855 ► DUNGEONABLE astute, insightful; having great knowledge → Eng. dial. obs.
1861 ► FAR NORTH astute, ‘wide awake’ → Sc.
1929 ► FADAHAL astute, ‘wide-awake’ → Sc.
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