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Posted: **Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:23 pm**

Shrill(as a sound) or sharply serrate(as a saw). Definitely a word that deserves more usage.

Posted: **Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:28 pm**

Ar·gute
a.
[L. argutus, p. p. of arguere. See Argue.]

1. Sharp; shrill. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. Sagacious; acute; subtle; shrewd.

Interesting etymology.

I don't like to be shrill, but I am all for sagacious.

Posted: **Tue Oct 10, 2006 6:45 pm**

Ah, smart, sharp and shrewd, too Argutus for me.

mark sharp-as-a-marble Bailey

Posted: **Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:56 pm**

In play: "Abel appeared adept at argute argumentation."

Argute