acuteness

== English == === Etymology === From acute +‎ -ness. === Noun === acuteness (usually uncountable, plural acutenesses) The quality of being acute or pointed. Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness. Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch. (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis. Shrewdness, quickness of mind. ==== Synonyms ==== acuity, sharpness, acumen, keenness ==== Related terms ==== acutance ==== Translations ====