percutient

English

Etymology

Latin percutiens. See percuss.

Adjective

percutient (comparative more percutient, superlative most percutient)

1. (archaic) Striking; having the power of striking or hitting.

Noun

percutient (plural percutients)

1. (archaic) That which has the power of striking.
   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises:

     Therefore proceeding upon our grounds before layed; to wit, that no body can be moved of it self; we may determine those motions to be naturall unto bodies which have constant causes, or percutients to make them alwayes in such bodies: […]

Latin

Verb

percutient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of percutiō