a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. ēmunct-us, pa. pple. of ēmungĕre to wipe the nose. The L. phrase, emunctæ naris homo a man of ‘keen scent’ (fig.) gave rise to the use of the pple. in sense ‘acute’] Of the judgment: Keen, acute.
1679. Prance, Addit. Narr. Pop. Plot, 5. Your Highness, being of so deep and emunct a Judgment.
1697. Evelyn, Numism., ix. 297. The Nose … as the Emunct Judicious.
