Savvy
WordNet
noun
(1) The cognitive condition of someone who understands
"He has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
verb
(2) Get the meaning of something
"Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"
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Etymology
Alteration of (in English-based creoles and pidgins), from , from , from .
1785, as a noun, "practical sense, intelligence;" also a verb, "to know, to understand;" West Indies pidgin borrowing of " or , both from *sapere, from (see ). The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun.
Adjective
- shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.