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shrewdity

noun

Etymology

From shrewd + -ity.

  1. inherited from sċrēawa — “wicked person”
  2. inherited from schrewed — “depraved; wicked”
  3. suffixed as shrewdity — “shrewd + ity”

Definitions

  1. shrewdness

    • They have hooted at the devils, shouted with laughter over the stupidities and shrewdities of the hermit.
    • The few flags that could be seen above various turrets hung limply from their mastheads. This prospect never failed to please the pale young man. His eye ran over it with shrewdity.

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