Listening or disposed to listen; attentive to sounds or verbal communication.
From Latin 'audiens,' present participle of 'audire' (to hear). An archaic or literary term for someone in a listening state or audience.
Audient is a beautiful archaic word meaning 'listening'—we've mostly replaced it with 'listening' or 'attentive,' but it captures something poetic about the act of receiving sound.
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