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   Shrewd

   /SHro͞od/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute: "she was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture"
   • 2. (especially of weather) piercingly cold: archaic "a shrewd east wind"
   • ▪ (of a blow) severe: "a bayonet's shrewd thrust"
   • ▪ mischievous; malicious.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘evil in nature or character’): from shrew in the sense ‘evil person or thing’, or as the past participle of obsolete shrew ‘to curse’. The word developed the sense ‘cunning’, and gradually gained a favorable connotation during the 17th century.

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