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presentient

presentient adjective: having a presentiment.

Adjective

presentient (comparative more presentient, superlative most presentient)

  1. Having a presentiment.
  2. Not yet having achieved sentience.
    • a presentient foetus

Forms of presentient

comparativemore presentient
superlativemost presentient

Origin of presentient

From pre- + sentient.

Questions about presentient

What does presentient mean?
Presentient means having a presentiment.
What part of speech is presentient?
Presentient is an adjective.

Words near presentient in the dictionary

  1. presentialness
  2. presentiate
  3. presentiation
  4. presentience
  5. presentiences
  6. presentient
  7. presentification
  8. presentiment
  9. presentimental
  10. presentiments
  11. presenting

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