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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-890/
- Published: 2022-07-07T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-08T19:05:15.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

sagacious (adjective):

1a : of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment  
b : caused by or indicating acute discernment  
2 *obsolete* : keen in sense perception

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sagacious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : You might expect the root of sagacious to be sage, which, as an adjective, means “wise” or, as a noun, “a wise person.” Despite similarities of spelling, sound, and sense, the two words are not closely related. Sagacious comes from sagire, a Latin verb meaning “to perceive keenly.” Etymologists believe that sage comes from a different Latin verb, sapere, which means “to taste,” “to have good taste,” or “to be wise.”

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