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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

perspicacité

Pronunciation / Transliteration: perspicacité

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Insight/ˈɪn.saɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Son analyse offre un véritable éclairage sur le sujet."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing.

    "Her book gives us fascinating insights into the world of finance."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, combining the prefix 'in-' (within) and the noun 'sight' (from Old English 'gesihð'), originally signifying the capacity to see into the inner nature of things. By the 15th century, the term evolved to denote spiritual or mental perception, later expanding into psychological and analytical contexts.

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