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acuity

noun
/əˈkjuːɪti/

Etymology

From Middle English acuite, acuyte, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acuō (“sharpen”).

  1. derived from acuō
  2. derived from acuitas
  3. derived from acuité
  4. inherited from acuite

Definitions

  1. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

  2. The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.

    • The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.
    • And yet [Ray] Dalio’s acuity prompts an awkward question: how much of Bridgewater’s success comes not from the way it is organized, or any notion of “radical transparency,” but from the boss’s raw investment abilities?

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Derived

hyperacuity, stereoacuity, visual acuity

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for acuity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA