Meaning and example
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
The passage used "perspicacity" to mean intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.243 places perspicacity in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 59.7% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 59.7%
characterized by integrity or probity
- Known by
- 59.5%
the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
- Known by
- 59.4%
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- Known by
- 60.1%
the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
- Known by
- 59.2%
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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