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i
əns
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–noun
Archaic
.
lack of wisdom; foolishness.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late ME < L
insipientia
foolishness, equiv. to
insipient-
s. of
insipiēns
foolish (
in-
in-
3
+
-sipient-,
comb. form of
sapient-
sapient
) +
-ia;
see
-ence
Related forms:
in⋅sip⋅i⋅ent,
adjective
in⋅sip⋅i⋅ent⋅ly,
adverb
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ns] 