SAGACIOUS, SAGACIOUSLY, SAGACITY
ADJECTIVES
– AULD-FARRANT of persons and their ways, sayings, etc.: sagacious, prudent, knowing, cunning, clever, witty, ingenious …1721 Sc.
– AULD-HEADIT shrewd, sagacious …Bk1898 Sc.
– AULD-MOU’D sagacious, crafty …1768 Sc.
– CANNY knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent; wary, cautious …1637 Sc.
– FARRANT wise, sagacious, well-informed …c1860 obs.
– GASH sagacious, wise …1706 Sc.
– HEARTED sagacious, wise, prudent …1388 obs.
– HEARTY possessed of understanding; wise, prudent, sagacious …1382 obs. rare
– LESTY skilful, sagacious …1423 Sc. obs. rare
– NASUTE keen-scented, sagacious …1653 obs.
– NESE-WISE clever, sagacious …1790 Sc.
– OLD-HEADED shrewd, sagacious …Bk1905 Sc.
– OLD-MOU’D sagacious in speech …1768 Sc.
– OORICHIE of a child: wise for its years, solemn and sagacious …1873 Sc.
– PASHY sagacious, brainy, witty …1842 Sc.
– POLITIC a1439 – prudent, shrewd, sagacious; said of a person
– SAGASHUS sagacious …1872 Sc. obs.
– SAVEY wise, sagacious, experienced …1771 Sc.
– WARE prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled …c888 obs. exc. arch.
– WARE AND WISE prudent, sagacious, cunning, skilled …c888 obs. exc. arch.
– YEPE prudent, wise, sagacious, shrewd, astute …c1000 obs.
ADVERBS
900 ► YEPLY cunningly, craftily; shrewdly, sagaciously → obs.
1636 ► CANNILY sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1660 ► NASUTENESS sagacity → obs.
1662 ► CANNINESS sagacity, skilfulness, prudence, cautiousness; gentleness, quietness → Sc.
1823 ► SAVENDIE knowledge, sagacity → Sc. obs.
NOUNS, PERSON
1586 ► POLITICIAN a schemer or plotter; a shrewd, sagacious, or crafty person; one whose behaviour is likened to that of a professional politician
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