Meanings
comparative more argute · superlative most argute
- literarySharp; perceptive; shrewd.
1 more example
“Suppose,” said Roland Græme, “we should begin as in a tale-book, by asking each others names and histories.” “It is right well imagined,” said Catherine, “and shews an argute judgment. Do you begin, and I will listen, and only put in a question or two at the dark parts of the story. Come, unfold then your name and history, my new acquaintance.”
1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 228 - literaryShrill in sound.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
- Proto-Italic*argusder.?
- Latinarguō
- Latinargūtus
- Englishargute
From Latin argūtus, perfect passive participle of arguō (“to clarify”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian остър, пронизителен
- остър (ostăr)sharp, shrewd
- пронизителен (pronizitelen)sharp, shrewd
Finnish neuvokas
- neuvokassharp, shrewd
Hindi विचक्षण, प्रगल्भ
- विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ)sharp, shrewd
- प्रगल्भ (pragalbh)sharp, shrewd
- भेदक (bhedak)sharp, shrewd
Portuguese arguto
- argutosharp, shrewd
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