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Definition shrewd

Etymology

c. 1300, Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English *scr?awa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew +‎ -ed. More at shrew.

The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16 c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17 c.

Adjective

shrewd (comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest)

1. Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
2. Artful, tricky or cunning.
3. (informal) Streetwise.
4. Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
5. Nigh accurate.
6. Severe, intense, hard.
7. Sharp, snithy, piercing.
8. (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
9. (obsolete) Portending, boding.
10. (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
11. (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
12. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

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