preceptible

Updated: January 6, 2026

He looked at the child as he spoke, and a slight motion in the muscles of his face was barely preceptible, but it passed away; and, after kissing her, he proceeded: "Ay, ye crathurs you and I, Kathleen, could earn our bread for ourselves yet, but these can't do it.

William Carleton - Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three