Home › Words › P › percipiencypercipiency/pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/percipiency · noun — the faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).percipiency is pronounced /pə(ɹ)ˈsɪpiənsi/.EtymologyFrom percipient + -cy, from Latin percipiō (“perceive”)nounThe faculty, act or power of perceiving; perception.e.g.“But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed By my percipiency of sin and fall In melancholy of humiliant thoughts.” — 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).