perceant

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adjective

Piercing, sharp.

OriginMiddle French perçant →
First used 14th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectiveperceant (comparative more perceant, superlative most perceant)

comparative more perceant · superlative most perceant · alternative persant

  1. archaicPiercing, sharp.First known use 14th c.

    wondrous quick and persant was his spright, / As Eagles eye, that can behold the Sunne [...].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.10

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchperçant
  2. Englishperceant

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

preenact
Cite this entry
APA

perceant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceant

MLA

“perceant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perceant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceant.

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