astute

From Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”).

• IPA^(key): /əsˈtjuːt/

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• Rhymes: -uːt

astute (comparative astuter, superlative astutest)

1. Quickly and critically discerning.
2. Shrewd or crafty.

   astute analysis

   astute observation

   astute remark

   • 23 September 2014, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:

     The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.

• crafty, shrewd, wily, knowing

• statue

astute

1. Second-person plural present form of astuma.

astute f pl

1. feminine plural of astuto

• statue

astūtē (comparative astūtius, superlative astūtissimē)

1. craftily, cunningly, slyly

• “astute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “astute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• astute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.