insipience

[in-sip-ee-uhns]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Archaic.

lack of wisdom; foolishness.

insipience

/ ɪ��ˈ��ɪ��ɪə�Բ� /

noun

archaic��lack of wisdom

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Other Word Forms

insipient adjective
insipiently adverb
��ˈ��辱��Գٱ�� adverb
��ˈ��辱��Գ� adjective

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Word 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ŧ�Բ� “foolish” ( in- in- ³ + -sipient-, combining form of sapient- sapient ) + -ia; -ence

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Word 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.

From

insipid insist

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