Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

præscient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: præ-scient
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete spelling of prescient.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"And if the præſcient Muſes guide my Lay, / Or, future Secrets, Phœbus can diſplay, / The Day ſhall ſhine diſtinguiſh'd from the reſt, / That Anna dignify'd, and Hymen bleſt; […]"
"Mean time the king, aſtoniſh'd at the ſign, / Haſtes to conſult his præſcient ſire divine."
"Benignant Heaven, præscient and kind, / Made man for toil, and left sweet Sleep behind, / To nerve the arm which labour had unstrung— […]"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more præscient (comparative) most præscient (superlative)

Questions

What does præscient mean?: Obsolete spelling of prescient.

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