quickness of perception
1quickness of perception — index intelligence (intellect) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2Quickness — Quick ness, n. 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness …
3acumen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discernment, shrewdness, penetration; intelligence.Ant., dullness, obtuseness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. keenness, insight, penetration, perspicacity, percipience, discernment, sharpness, acuteness,… …
4wit — n 1 intelligence, brain, *mind, intellect, soul, psyche Analogous words: *reason, understanding, intuition: comprehension, apprehension (see under APPREHEND): sagaciousness or sagacity, perspicaciousness or perspicacity (see corresponding… …
5Acumen — A*cu men, n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf. {Acute}.] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. Selden. [1913 Webster] Syn: Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness. [1913 …
6gleg — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse glǫggr clear sighted Date: 14th century Scottish marked by quickness of perception or movement …
7Adolf Jellinek — (Hebrew: אהרן ילינק Aharon Jelinek, June 26, 1821, Drslavice, nearby Uherské Hradiště, Moravia (now Czech Republic) December 28, 1893, Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar. After filling clerical posts in Leipzig (1845–1856), he became a …
8Prosper Guéranger — Dom Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger (4 April 1805, Sablé sur Sarthe, France – 30 January 1875, Solesmes, France) was a Benedictine priest, abbot of Solesmes Abbey (which he founded in the disused priory of Solesmes) and founder of the French… …
9Prosper Louis Pascal Gueranger — Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Prosper Louis Pascal Guéranger Benedictine and polygraph; b. 4 April, 1805, at Sablé sur Sarthe; d. at Solesmes, 30 January, 1875. Ordained a priest 7 October, 1827, he was… …
10acumen — noun /ˈæk.jə.mən,ə.kjuˈmən/ quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination No, no, my dear Watson! With all respect for your natural acumen, I do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy …
