Added 9 October 2026
sentient
/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/ adjective
Latin root: sentiēns Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sentient at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage
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Consciously perceiving.
sentient of the intolerable load
Origin
From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)