Synonym Discussion of astute. shrewd, sagacious, perspicacious, astute mean acute in perception and sound in judgment. shrewd stresses practical, hardheaded cleverness and judgment. â¨a shrewd judge of characterâ© sagacious suggests wisdom, penetration, and farsightedness.
Definition of 'tacet'. Word Frequency. tacet (ËteÉªsÉt , ËtÃ¦s-) verb. (intransitive) (on a musical score) a direction indicating that a particular instrument or singer does not take part in a movement or part of a movement. Word origin of 'tacet'. C18: from Latin: it is silent, from tacÄre to be quiet.
tawse. pl.n. Chiefly Scots. 1. A whip or leather thong used to drive a spinning top.2. A leather whip divided at the end into strips, formerly used to punish children: Solider Aristotle played the taws / Upon the bottom of a king of kings (William Butler Yeats).. (Education) a leather strap having one end cut into thongs, formerly used as an instrument of punishment by a schoolteacher. vb. 2. (Education) to punish (someone) with or as if with a tawse; whip. [C16: probably plural of obsolete taw strip of leather; see tawÂ²].