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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: ACUITY

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: ACUITY

PRONUNCIATION: 
(uh-KYOO-i-tee)

MEANING:(noun):
Sharpness; keenness.


ETYMOLOGY: Via French from Latin acuere (to sharpen).Ultimately from the Indo-European root ak- (sharp), which is also the source of acrid, vinegar, acid, acute, edge, hammer, heaven, eager, oxygen, mediocre, paragon, and acescent. Earliest documented use: 1400. 


USAGE:"Birds seek out their own food and build nests for their eggs, some have the mental acuity to know of approaching storms.
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