Both Uses of
acute
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- A most acute juvenal; volable and free of grace!†
Scene 3.1 *
- But the gift is good in those in whom it is acute,
Scene 4.2 *acute = having a high level of perception
Definitions:
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(acute as in: acute sense of smell) sharp (highly perceptive in some area or mentally sharp)
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(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative