Meanings
nounprojicient (plural projicients)
plural projicients
- obsoleteSomeone or something that launches a projectile.
The project separated from the projicient, continueth the motion by vertue impressed on it by the said projicient.
1662: Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue Two)
adjectiveprojicient (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to projicience.
Origin
- Latinprōiciō
- Englishprojicient
From Latin prōiciō, from prō- (“from, in the place of; for”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).
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Rhymes with projicient
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APA
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MLA
“projicient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/projicient. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “projicient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/projicient.
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