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insipience

[ in-sip-ee-uhns ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. lack of wisdom; foolishness.


insipience

/ ɪˈɪɪəԲ /

noun

  1. archaic.
    lack of wisdom
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱Գٱ, adverb
  • ˈ辱Գ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·i·Գ adjective
  • ·i·Գ·ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of insipience1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin insipientia “foolishness,” equivalent to insipient- stem of Բ辱ŧԲ “foolish” ( in- in- 3 + -sipient-, combining form of sapient- sapient ) + -ia; -ence
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of insipience1

C15: from Latin insipientia, from in- 1+ sapientia wisdom; see sapient
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Example Sentences

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Insipience, in-sip′i-ens, adj. lack of wisdom.—adj.

From

Their anfractuousness, their insipience, and their turpitude, are no longer amphibological.

From

He had exhausted his powers of characteristic discrimination in the heads of the apostles; and in his attempt to give meekness to the countenance of Jesus, he sank into insipience.

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