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- Latin · derived frompercipiō“perceive”
- English todaypercipiency
From percipient + -cy, from Latin percipiō (“perceive”)
Words from the same roots
Latinpercipiō all →
perceiveperceptible
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
percipiency
Today it means: The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception. Full definition →
Latin percipiō