Aperçu /(ȧ`pâr`sụ")/

A·per·çu

Aperçu

n.

pl. Aperçus ((-sụ"))

  1. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
    The main object being to develop the several aperçus or insights which furnish the method of such psychology.
    — W. T. Harris.
    A series of partial and more or less disparate aperçus or outlooks; each for itself a center of experience.
    — James Ward.
  2. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.