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单词 astuteness
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astutenessn.

Etymology: Formed as astutely adv. + -ness suffix. Before this was in use, the Latin astūtia was occasionally employed.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: aˈstuteness.
The quality of being astute; keenness of penetration or discernment; mental subtlety, shrewdness.
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1802 J. Bentham Let. 4 Sept. in Corr. (1988) VII. 125 Could this mass of law, by any astutia, be construed to come under title Poor.]
1843 R. Vaughan Age Great Cities 152 The astuteness acquired in the exercise of this greatest of free schools.
1865 A. Maffei Brigand Life II. 89 The astuteness of the Pontifical police.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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