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insipient

[in-sip-ee-uhns]

noun Archaic.

lack of wisdom; foolishness.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin insipientia foolishness, equivalent to insipient- stem of insipiēns foolish (in- in-³ + -sipient-, combining form of sapient- sapient) + -ia; see -ence

Related forms

in·sip·i·ent, adjective

in·sip·i·ent·ly, adverb

Can be confused: incipient, insipid, insipient.

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insipience (ɪnˈsɪpɪəns)

—n
	archaic lack of wisdom

[C15: from Latin insipientia, from in-¹ + sapientia wisdom; see sapient]

in'sipient

—*adj*

in'sipiently

—*adv*

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