Audient
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɔː.dɪ.ənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Audient is an adjective meaning Listening, paying attention.
Meaning
Listening, paying attention.
More Meanings
- (uncommon) A hearer; a member of an audience.
- (obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
Example Sentences
Nyarlathotep … the crawling chaos … I am the last … I will tell the audient void …
The audients of her ſad ſtorie, felt great motions both of pitie and admiration for her miſfortunes: […]
And, as we sate, we felt the old earth spin, / And all the starry turbulence of worlds / Swing round us in their audient circles, till / If that same golden moon were overhead / Or if beneath our feet, we did not know.
Let me not ſee you act now, / In your Scholaſticke way, you brought to towne wi'yee, / With ſee ſaw ſacke a downe, like a Sawyer; / Nor in a Comicke Scene, play Hercules furens, / Tearing your throat to ſplit the Audients eares.
Word Forms
- audients
Synonyms for audient
Depending on context, synonyms include attentive, reckful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include listening, audio, perceptive, onlooking, sensate, conscious.
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Sources & Attribution
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