audient
au·di·ent
audient · audients
A hearer; a member of an audienceA hearer; a member of an audience.
/ˈɔː.dɪ.ənt/
Meaning
2 senses(uncommon)A hearer; a member of an audience.
(obsolete, specifically)A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin audientem, accusative singular of audiēns (“hearing, listening; attendBorrowed from Latin audientem, accusative singular of audiēns (“hearing, listening; attending, paying attention to”) (or directly from audiēns), the present active participle of audiō (“to hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewis (“clearly, manifestly”) (from *h₂ew- (“to perceive, see”)) + *dʰh₁-ye/o- (“to render”).
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