in-sentience

in·sen·ti·ent

[in-sen-shee-uhnt, -shuhnt]
adjective
not sentient; without sensation or feeling; inanimate.

Origin:
1755–65; in-3 + sentient

in·sen·ti·ence, in·sen·ti·en·cy, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To in-sentience
Collins
World English Dictionary
insentient (ɪnˈsɛnʃɪənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
rare lacking consciousness or senses; inanimate
 
in'sentience
 
n
 
in'sentiency
 
n

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
In-sentience is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT