argutenessn.
Mental sharpness, shrewdness, or cunning; also, shrillness.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun]
sharpnessc897
yepshipc1000
insightc1175
yepleȝȝcc1175
yephedea1250
wit1297
fellnessa1382
policyc1440
discerningc1450
policec1450
inspectiona1527
perceivance1534
aptitude1548
sagacity1548
acuity?1549
nimbleness1561
acumen1579
seeing eye1579
esprit1591
acuteness1601
depth1605
penetration1605
knowingness1611
shrewdnessa1616
piercingnessa1628
discernment1646
sharpwittedness1647
nasuteness1660
arguteness1662
sagaciousness1678
perceptivity1700
keenness1707
cuteness1768
intuition1780
recollectedness1796
long-headedness1818
perceptiveness1823
kokum1848
incision1862
incisiveness1865
penetrativeness1873
flair1881
hard-boiledness1912
smart1964
spikiness1977
sus1979
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness
yepshipc1000
yepleȝȝcc1175
yephedea1250
slyness1357
far-castingc1400
policyc1440
far-castc1540
fineness1546
astucec1550
shrewdnessa1616
arguteness1662
cuteness1768
smartness1800
astucity1837
astuteness1843
Yorkshiredom1849
flyness1888
shrewd1977
sus1979
1662 H. More Conjectura Cabbalistica (new ed.) 111 in Coll. Several Philos. Writings (ed. 2) But what an insipid and unsatisfactory Arguteness there is in such Conceptions.
1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 118 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I This [writer] tickles you by starts with his arguteness.
1822 W. Hazlitt Men & Manners (1869) ii. i. 16 A certain arguteness of voice.
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