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percipient
- /pəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ UK
- /pɚˈsɪp.i.ənt/ US
Rhymes with -ɪpiənt
Where it comes from
From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).
adjective more percipient · most percipient
- Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly. Fasting, yet not of want Percipient, he on that mysterious steed Had reach’d his resting-place, For expectation kept his nature up.
- Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, like a very young child.
noun percipients
- One who perceives something. As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient.
- One who has perceived a paranormal event. In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.
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noun One who has perceived a paranormal event
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title = {percipient},
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