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Definition: Quick-sighted |
Quick-sightedAdjective1. Having very keen vision; "quick-sighted as a cat". 2. Keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "quick-sighted" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Synonyms: Quick-sightedSynonyms: argus-eyed (adj), hawk-eyed (adj), keen-sighted (adj), lynx-eyed (adj), sharp-eyed (adj), sharp-sighted (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Quick-sighted |
| English words defined with "quick-sighted": Bird-eyed. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Francis Beaumont | Interest makes some people blind, and others quick-sighted. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Language | Translations for "quick-sighted"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 快看见. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 르 보". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ick-sightedquay perspicaz (acute, astute, clear-sighted, discerning, discriminating, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perceptive, perceptual, percipient, perspicacious, sharp, sharp witted, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, shrewd, subtle). (various references) keskin gözlü (eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted), keskin bakışlı (gimlet-eyed, quick-eyed, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted). (various references) що ма" гострий зір, проникливий (acute, astute, cute, discerning, eagle-eyed, gleg, penetrative, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, sagacious, sharp-sighted, shrewd). (various references) tinh mắt (eagle-eyed, observant, quick-eyed, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted), nhanh mắt (quick-eyed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "quick-sighted" (pronounced 'Quick"-sight`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Bullheaded, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closefisted, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-g-h-i-i-k-q-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: dickiest, disquiet, duckiest, quickest, quickies, quickset, quitches. | |
-5 letters: deistic, deticks, diciest, dickies, distich, ditches, duchies, duckies, ekistic, hickies, ickiest, quiches, quickie, shucked, sighted, sticked, suicide. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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