percipient
adjective/pəˈsɪpiənt/
/pərˈsɪpiənt/
(formal)- having or showing the ability to understand things, especially things that are not obvious synonym perceptive
- percipient comments
- She was a percipient interpreter of the public mood.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin percipient- ‘seizing, understanding’, from the verb percipere.Definitions on the go
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