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acumen

Pronunciation pronunciation key
akyămăn

Inflected Form(s)
plural acumina, akyoomeenă

Function
noun

Definition 
shrewdness, discernment, insight, acuteness of perception: "He sung a good song, told a good story, and could crack a severe jest with all the acumen of Shakespeare's jesters, though without using, like them, the cloak of insanity" (Walter Scott, The Antiquary, 1816).

Etymology etymology key
a point, sharpness, from acuere to sharpen, from acus needle

Word or Phrase Origin
Latin

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