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percipient

[per-sip-ee-uhnt]

adjective

  1. perceiving or capable of perceiving.

  2. having perception; discerning; discriminating.

    a percipient choice of wines.



noun

  1. a person or thing that perceives.

percipient

/ ±čÉ™Ėˆ²õÉŖ±čÉŖÉ™²Ō³Ł /

adjective

  1. able to perceive

  2. perceptive

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person or thing that perceives

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • percipience noun
  • percipiency noun
  • nonpercipience noun
  • nonpercipiency noun
  • nonpercipient adjective
  • unpercipient adjective
  • ±č±š°łĖˆ³¦¾±±č¾±±š²Ō³Ł±ō²ā adverb
  • ±č±š°łĖˆ³¦¾±±č¾±±š²Ō³¦±š noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of percipient1

1655–65; < Latin percipient- (stem of ±č±š°ł³¦¾±±č¾±Å§²Ō²õ ) present participle of percipere to take in, equivalent to per- per- + -cipi- combining form of present stem of capere to take + -ent- -ent
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of percipient1

C17: from Latin percipiens observing, from percipere to grasp; see perceive
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It’s fun wordplay with a percipient message, but fans might be further impressed to know she wrote and recorded the song extemporaneously in a single take, sitting in a studio chair while eight months pregnant.

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Sunak’s earlier warnings against Truss’s economic policies have proven percipient — and may ease his pathway to victory this time around.

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The new filing from his attorney Greg Smith says the ā€œmayor is a key percipient witness who has personal factual informationā€ to the officer’s case.

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On Wednesday, Lacey’s office said prosecutors in recent weeks had zeroed in on cases in which Shaw and Coblentz were the ā€œsole percipient witnesses.ā€

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In a single conversation, he can go from tearful to introspective to thoughtful to percipient to maniacally competitive and full of trash talk.

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