astute

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   shrewd and perceptive, especially to one's advantage

   An astute investor, she sold just before the crash.

Simplified etymology

Astute entered English in the early 17th century from obsolete French astut or Latin astutus, which derives from astus, “craft.”

From Latin astutus ('crafty, cunning'), from astus ('craft, cunning, skill').

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