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perceant

perceant adjective: piercing, sharp.

Adjective

perceant (comparative more perceant, superlative most perceant)

  1. (archaic) Piercing, sharp.
    • wondrous quick and persant was his spright, / As Eagles eye, that can behold the Sunne [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.10

Forms of perceant

comparativemore perceant
superlativemost perceant
alternative formpersant

Origin of perceant

From Middle French perçant, from percer (“to pierce”).

Questions about perceant

What does perceant mean?
Perceant means piercing, sharp.
What part of speech is perceant?
Perceant is an adjective.

Words near perceant in the dictionary

  1. percarburets
  2. percarburetted
  3. percarpial
  4. percase
  5. perce
  6. perceant
  7. perceave
  8. perceaved
  9. perceaves
  10. perceaving
  11. percebeiro

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