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aperçu

[ a-per-sy ]

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noun

, French.

, plural a·per·çus [a, -pe, r, -, sy].

aperçu

/ apɛrsy /

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Origin of aperçu¹

First recorded in 1825–30; from French: literally, “perceived”; past participle of the verb apercevoir

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Origin of aperçu¹

from apercevoir to perceive

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But his presence was signaled only by the sound of his paddle slicing through the water and his occasional dry apercu.

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