Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imperceptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-per-cep-tive
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unable to perceive.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English perceptive English imperceptive From im- + perceptive.

Inflected Forms

more imperceptive (comparative) most imperceptive (superlative)

Derived Forms

imperceptively imperceptiveness

Rhymes With

deceptive receptive contraceptive perceptive nociceptive proprioceptive conceptive interceptive

Questions

What does imperceptive mean?: Unable to perceive.
Where does imperceptive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English perceptive English imperceptive From im- + perceptive.

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