What is "sagaciousness"

Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]

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.

   Syn: See Shrewd. [1913 Webster] -- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. -- Sa*ga"cious*ness, n.

n. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment.

1. n. ability to make good judgments [syn: sagacity, judgment, judgement, discernment]

2. the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating [syn: judiciousness, sagacity]