desipiencyn.
= desipience n.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun]
giddiheadc1275
giddinessa1290
lighthead1340
vanityc1386
glaikitnessa1500
idleness1535
levity1564
emptiness1577
vainness1591
frivolousnessa1631
volageness1633
grollery1637
brain-giddinessa1652
desipience1656
desipiencya1682
frothinessa1716
inanity1756
frivolity1796
unpracticalness1828
unpracticality1840
bird-wittedness1854
scattiness1959
a1682 Sir T. Browne Let. to Friend (1690) 8 Many are mad but in..one prevalent Decipiency.
1856 Titan Mag. Dec. 496 If the desipere be but in loco, religion itself will not forbid the seasonable desipiency.
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