Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who perceives something.

  2. One who has perceived a paranormal event.

    In the course of investigating the haunting, I interviewed several percipients.

More definitions
  • a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

Translations

1 languages

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: percipients
Singularpercipient
Pluralpercipients

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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