percipiency en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/
Etymology
From percipient + -cy, from Latin percipiō (“perceive”)
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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
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| percipience | alternative | lexicographic |