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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-499/
- Published: 2025-12-23T17:15:37.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-23T17:15:36.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

aperçu (noun) -

1: a brief survey or sketch : outline  
2: an immediate impression

Source : Merriam-Webster

Etymology : In French, aperçu is the past participle of the verb apercevoir ("to perceive" or "to comprehend"), which in turn comes from Latin percipere ("to perceive"). (The same verb also gave us apperceive, meaning "to have consciousness of oneself, and the noun apperception, meaning "introspective self-consciousness or "mental perception.") Aperçu in French is also a noun meaning "glimpse" or "outline, general idea." English speakers borrowed the noun aperçu, meaning and all, in the early 19th century.

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