nokkeluus — meaning in English

English meaning

• acuteness noun The quality of being acute or pointed.
• ingenuity noun Skill at inventing clever solutions to problems.
• wit noun The ability to say clever, funny things quickly.

Senses

nokkeluus is used for these senses in English:

• acuteness Shrewdness, quickness of mind
• ingenuity The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
• wit The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

acuteness — full definition

1. noun The quality of being acute or pointed.
2. noun Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
3. noun Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
4. noun Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.

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