Definition of Perspicacities

1. perspicacity [n] - See also: perspicacity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspicacities

perspectival
perspective
perspectiveless
perspectively
perspectives
perspectivism
perspectograph
perspectographs
perspectography
perspecuity
perspexes
perspicable
perspicacious
perspicaciously
perspicaciousness
perspicacities (current term)
perspicacity
perspicacy
perspicience
perspicil
perspicils
perspicuities
perspicuity
perspicuous
perspicuously
perspicuousness
perspirability
perspirable
perspirate
perspiration

Literary usage of Perspicacities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Essays by Christopher Morley (1921)
"... but almost purely derivative, there is a rather small, but impressive body of firsthand perspicacities and reactions. On these his endurance may hinge. ..."

2. Modern Essays for Schools by Christopher Morley (1921)
"... but almost purely derivative, there is a rather small, but impressive body of firsthand perspicacities and reactions. On these his endurance may hinge. ..."

3. Periods of European Literature by George Saintsbury (1899)
"... and also without prejudice to its keenness of scent and other perspicacities, and gnawing subtly at the tense net of accepted beliefs and arrangements. ..."

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