INTUITION

noun Etymology: Middle English intuycyon, from Late Latin ~-, intuitio act of contemplating, from Latin intuēri to look at, contemplate, from in- + tuēri to look at Date: 15th century quick and ready insight, 2. immediate apprehension or cognition, knowledge or conviction gained by ~, the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference, ~al adjective