- Insipience
- Insipience In*sip"i*ence, n. [L. insipientia: cf. OF. insipience.] Lack of intelligence; stupidity; folly. [R.] --Blount. [1913 Webster]
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Insipience
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insipience — early 15c., lack of wisdom, foolishness, from O.Fr. insipience, from L. insipientia folly, from insipientem (see INSIPIENT (Cf. insipient)) … Etymology dictionary
insipience — [in sip′ē əns] n. [ME < OFr < L insipientia < insipiens, unwise, foolish < in + sapiens, wise: see IN 2 & SAPIENT] Archaic lack of wisdom or intelligence; stupidity insipient adj … English World dictionary
insipience — (entrée créée par le supplément) (in si pi an s ) s. f. Défaut de lumière, de sagesse. • Si la nécessité des choses ne faisait justice de l insipience des hommes, PROUDHON Réform. exploit. chemins de fer, p. 98, Paris, 1868. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
insipience — insipient, adj. insipiently, adv. /in sip ee euhns/, n. Archaic. lack of wisdom; foolishness. [1375 1425; late ME < L insipientia foolishness, equiv. to insipient s. of insipiens foolish (in IN 3 + sipient , comb. form of sapient SAPIENT) + ia;… … Universalium
insipience — n. foolishness, lack of wisdom (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
insipience — in·sip·i·ence … English syllables
insipience — /ɪnˈsɪpiəns/ (say in sipeeuhns) noun lack of wisdom; folly. {late Middle English, from Latin insipientia} –insipient, adjective –insipiently, adverb …
insipience — n. stupidity. ♦ insipient, a … Dictionary of difficult words
insipience — ə̇nˈsipēən(t)s noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old French, from Latin insipientia folly, from insipient , insipiens insipient + … Useful english dictionary
fatuity — n 1. silliness, absurdity, absurdness, Archaic. insipience, foolishness, fatuousness, infatuation; unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicalness, illogicality; asininity, idiocy, idioticalness, Inf. moronism, Inf. moronity, imbecility; craziness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
