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percipiency

/pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/

percipiency noun: the faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

Noun

percipiency (uncountable)

  1. The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
    • But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed
      By my percipiency of sin and fall
      In melancholy of humiliant thoughts.1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile

Forms of percipiency

alternative formpercipience

Origin of percipiency

From percipient + -cy, from Latin percipiō (“perceive”)

Words formed from percipiency

Questions about percipiency

What does percipiency mean?
Percipiency means the faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
What part of speech is percipiency?
Percipiency is a noun.
How do you pronounce percipiency?
Percipiency is pronounced /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/.

Words near percipiency in the dictionary

  1. percine
  2. percines
  3. percing
  4. percipience
  5. percipiences
  6. percipiency
  7. percipiendum
  8. percipient
  9. percipiently
  10. percipients
  11. Percival

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