Definition of impercipient in English:
impercipient
adjectiveˌɪmpəˈsɪpɪəntˌɪmpərˈsɪpiənt
Failing to perceive something.
he was impercipient of this last manifestation of Abyssinia's traditional pageantry
Example sentencesExamples
- But Eliot is wrong, or impercipient, in her implication that there is something unexpected, or unprepared for, in Esmond's eventual union with Rachel.
Derivatives
noun
Pushkin's greatness is nowhere more evident than in his realisation that such impercipience undoes everybody.
Example sentencesExamples
- This percipience, following on earlier impercipience, is very odd.
Rhymes
incipient, percipient, recipient
Definition of impercipient in US English:
impercipient
adjectiveˌɪmpərˈsɪpiəntˌimpərˈsipēənt
Failing to perceive something.
he was impercipient of this last manifestation of Abyssinia's traditional pageantry
Example sentencesExamples
- But Eliot is wrong, or impercipient, in her implication that there is something unexpected, or unprepared for, in Esmond's eventual union with Rachel.