Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

percipiency

/pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: per-cip-i-en-cy
IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed By my percipiency of sin and fall In melancholy of humiliant thoughts."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: percipiō, *keh₂p-
Suffix: percipient

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

percipience (alternative)

Derived Forms

omnipercipiency

Questions

How do you pronounce percipiency?: The recorded pronunciation is /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/.
What does percipiency mean?: The faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.
Where does percipiency come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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