percipient

[ per-sip-ee-uh nt ]
/ pərˈsɪp i ənt /
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adjective

perceiving or capable of perceiving.
having perception; discerning; discriminating: a percipient choice of wines.

noun

a person or thing that perceives.

Origin of percipient

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

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Words related to percipience

acumen, astuteness, discrimination, eye, insight, judgment, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, understanding, wit

Example sentences from the Web for percipience

  • We consider indeed conditions for percipience, but only so far as those conditions are among the disclosures of perception.

    The Concept of Nature |Alfred North Whitehead

  • Nothing can be more certain than that, apart from percipience, there is no matter that matters.

    God and Mr. Wells |William Archer

  • And we now come to other cases, where the percipience has been collective, although it has not been repeated.

    Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death |Frederick W. H. Myers

British Dictionary definitions for percipience

percipient
/ (pəˈsɪpɪənt) /

adjective

able to perceive
perceptive

noun

a person or thing that perceives

Derived forms of percipient

percipience, noun percipiently, adverb

Word Origin for percipient

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