Back | aperçu \ˌa-per-SUE\ plural aperçus |
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Front | noun 1. A brief summary or sketch; outline. 2. An clever insight. [French, from aperçu, past participle of apercevoir to perceive, from Old French aperceivre, from a- (from Latin ad-) + perceivre to perceive — more at perceive. First Known Use: 1828] "A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience." - James Ward. |
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