穎えい悟ご

na-adjective, noun

intelligent; shrewd; sharp-witted

Rare literary word describing a person of keen intelligence and insight. Mostly found in older texts or formal writing.

• 彼かれは穎えい悟ごな人じん物ぶつとして知しられていた。

  He was known as a person of keen intelligence.

• その少しょう年ねんの穎えい悟ごさには教きょう師したちも驚おどろいた。

  The teachers were amazed at the boy's sharp-wittedness.