intelligent

Definition

Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.

Etymology

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

Example Sentences

• "Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”"
• "The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car."
• "The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign."

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