impercipientadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/, U.S.

/ˌɪmpərˈsɪpiənt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², percipient adj.

Etymology: < im- prefix² + percipient adj. Compare earlier imperceptive adj., unperceiving adj.

A. adj.

Devoid of or lacking in mental or sensory perception; imperceptive; (now esp.) lacking in insight or awareness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adjective]

unwittingc893

unweeting1303

senseless1560

weetless1579

witless1584

imperceptive1661

inconscious1678

unconscious1712

unminding1714

impercipient1733

unconscient1829

incognizant1837

uncognisant1860

incognitive1862

inconscient1885

1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 116 It is not in a living Being's power to become impercipient at pleasure, more than to become dead at pleasure.

1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit vi. 69 No more than a percipient brain could arise from impercipient particles.

1813 C. Lofft in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) II. 77 (note) A quality of impercipient substance.

1871 H. Holland Recoll. Past Life (1872) 180 A man singularly impercipient of natural beauty or grandeur.

1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 96 And is the World's in very truth An impercipient Soul?

1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door vi. 154 Like his colleagues he was immensely intelligent, but he was impercipient.

2005 Rocky Mountain Rev. Lang. & Lit. 59 133 Tate..has throughout his career been given short shrift by overmatched reviewers and impercipient critics.

B. n.

A person who cannot perceive something, or who is lacking in perception. Frequently with the and plural agreement: such people collectively.Also in predicative use with of, specifying the thing which is not perceived.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [noun] > person exhibiting

impercipient1838

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. ii. 252 They are such spots as thousands are longing for;..and the dull, the common-place, the impercipient of their beauty and their glory, are dwelling in them.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 181 (title) The impercipient (at a cathedral service).

1944 Musical Times 85 240/1 Luckiest are our impercipients, who live without reflection.

1971 H. Kenner Pound Era i. 4 The Hernani première, that formal declaration (1830) of art's antipathy to the impercipient.

2003 P. T. Knight & M. Yorke Assessm., Learning & Employability xi. 162 A statement that a person has an upper second class honours degree in subject X is not very informative, and could lead the impercipient to read more into this than is warranted.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	impercipient
释义	impercipientadj.n. Brit. /ˌɪmpəˈsɪpɪənt/, U.S. /ˌɪmpərˈsɪpiənt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², percipient adj. Etymology: < im- prefix² + percipient adj. Compare earlier imperceptive adj., unperceiving adj. A. adj. Devoid of or lacking in mental or sensory perception; imperceptive; (now esp.) lacking in insight or awareness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adjective] unwittingc893 unweeting1303 senseless1560 weetless1579 witless1584 imperceptive1661 inconscious1678 unconscious1712 unminding1714 impercipient1733 unconscient1829 incognizant1837 uncognisant1860 incognitive1862 inconscient1885 1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul 116 It is not in a living Being's power to become impercipient at pleasure, more than to become dead at pleasure. 1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit vi. 69 No more than a percipient brain could arise from impercipient particles. 1813 C. Lofft in E. H. Barker Parriana (1828) II. 77 (note) A quality of impercipient substance. 1871 H. Holland Recoll. Past Life (1872) 180 A man singularly impercipient of natural beauty or grandeur. 1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 96 And is the World's in very truth An impercipient Soul? 1940 J. Buchan Memory Hold-the-Door vi. 154 Like his colleagues he was immensely intelligent, but he was impercipient. 2005 Rocky Mountain Rev. Lang. & Lit. 59 133 Tate..has throughout his career been given short shrift by overmatched reviewers and impercipient critics. B. n. A person who cannot perceive something, or who is lacking in perception. Frequently with the and plural agreement: such people collectively.Also in predicative use with of, specifying the thing which is not perceived. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [noun] > person exhibiting impercipient1838 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. iii. ii. 252 They are such spots as thousands are longing for;..and the dull, the common-place, the impercipient of their beauty and their glory, are dwelling in them. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 181 (title) The impercipient (at a cathedral service). 1944 Musical Times 85 240/1 Luckiest are our impercipients, who live without reflection. 1971 H. Kenner Pound Era i. 4 The Hernani première, that formal declaration (1830) of art's antipathy to the impercipient. 2003 P. T. Knight & M. Yorke Assessm., Learning & Employability xi. 162 A statement that a person has an upper second class honours degree in subject X is not very informative, and could lead the impercipient to read more into this than is warranted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1733
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