percipient

[ per-sip-ee-uhnt ]
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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.

Origin of percipient

1
1655–65; <Latin percipient- (stem of percipiēns) present participle of percipere to take in, equivalent to per-per- + -cipi- combining form of present stem of capere to take + -ent--ent

Other words from percipient

  • per·cip·i·ence, per·cip·i·en·cy, noun
  • non·per·cip·i·ence, noun
  • non·per·cip·i·en·cy, noun
  • non·per·cip·i·ent, adjective
  • un·per·cip·i·ent, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for percipient

percipient

/ (pəˈsɪpɪənt) /


adjective
  1. able to perceive

  2. perceptive

noun
  1. a person or thing that perceives

Origin of percipient

1
C17: from Latin percipiens observing, from percipere to grasp; see perceive

Derived forms of percipient

  • percipience, noun
  • percipiently, adverb

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