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aperçus

aperçus is the plural of aperçu.

Meaning of aperçu

Noun

aperçu (plural aperçus)

  1. A clever or insightful distillation; an aphorism.
    • I insisted on how his opinion mattered, and developed and construed his platitudes into aperçus he was far from entertaining himself.1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 7, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 143
  2. An outline or summary; also, words that summarize.

Questions about aperçus

What is aperçus the plural of?
Aperçus is the plural of aperçu.

Words near aperçus in the dictionary

  1. apertured
  2. apertureless
  3. apertures
  4. apery
  5. aperçu
  6. aperçus
  7. apes
  8. apesault
  9. apesaults
  10. Apesh
  11. apeshit

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