How do you pronounce "percipient"?

Pronounced //pəˈsɪp.i.ənt//.

Percipient

Common synonyms include: discerning, acute, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending.

//pəˈsɪp.i.ənt// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
One who perceives something.
"As anatomy, physiology and, later, psychology have developed into more or less well-organized sciences, they have necessarily and rightly come to incorporate the study of, among other things, the structures, mechanisms, and functionings of animal and human bodies qua percipient."
2
a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses wordnet
3
One who has perceived a paranormal event.
"In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients."

Adjective

1
Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
"Fasting, yet not of want Percipient, he on that mysterious steed Had reach’d his resting-place, For expectation kept his nature up."
2
Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, like a very young child. dated

Adjective

"Fasting, yet not of want Percipient, he on that mysterious steed Had reach’d his resting-place, For expectation kept his nature up."

From Latin percipiēns, present participle of percipiō (“to perceive”).

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