astute

adj
/əsˈtjuːt/

Etymology

From Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”).

  1. derived from astūtus

Definitions

  1. Quickly and critically discerning.

  2. Shrewd or crafty.

    • astute analysis
    • astute observation
    • astute remark

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at astute. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at astute. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at astute

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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