This week's theme
Words to describe people

This week's words
magnanimous
percipient
sagacious
temerarious
malapert

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(per-SIP-ee-ant)

MEANING:

adjective: Having deep insight or understanding.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin percipere (to perceive), from per- (thoroughly) + capere (to seize). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kap- (to grasp), which also gave us captive, capsule, capable, capture, cable, chassis, occupy, deceive, gaff, caitiff, and captious. Earliest documented use: 1659.

USAGE:

"I am a percipient and keen observer and manage an asset class which has long-term return potential."
Sanket Dhanorkar; Fund Manager's Pharma; The Economic Times (New Delhi, India); Mar 6, 2012.

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