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decipiency

UK/dɪˈsɪpɪənsi/

decipiency noun: hallucination or deception.

Noun

decipiency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) hallucination or deception.
    • […]mean while Physicians, who know that many are mad but in a single depraved Imagination, and one prevalent Decipiency;[…]and tho they behold such mad covetous Passages, content to think they dye in good Understanding, and in their sober Senses.1690, Sir Thomas Browne, A Letter to a Friend

Origin of decipiency

From Latin decipiens, present participle of decipere. See deceive.

Questions about decipiency

What does decipiency mean?
Decipiency means hallucination or deception.
What part of speech is decipiency?
Decipiency is a noun.
How do you pronounce decipiency?
Decipiency is pronounced /dɪˈsɪpɪənsi/ (UK).

Words near decipiency in the dictionary

  1. deciphering
  2. decipherings
  3. decipherment
  4. decipherments
  5. deciphers
  6. decipiency
  7. decipium
  8. decipol
  9. decipols
  10. decircularization
  11. decircularize

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