incisive

Meaning

Adjective

Intelligently analytical and concise.
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression.
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument.
Of or relating to the incisors.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ), borrowed from Medieval Latin incīsīvus, from incīdō + -īvus. Compare Middle French incisif.

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