percipiency

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/pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/

noun

The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

OriginLatin percipiō →
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Meanings

nounpercipiency (uncountable)

alternative percipience

  1. uncountableThe 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

Origin

  1. Latinpercipiō“perceive”
  2. Englishpercipiency

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

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APA

percipiency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percipiency

MLA

“percipiency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percipiency. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “percipiency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/percipiency.

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