† incogitancyn.
Obsolete.
1. Want of thought or reflection; thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence; inadvertence.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > carelessness or thoughtlessness
unconsiderationc1449
inconsideration1526
inconsiderance1549
inconsiderateness1591
inconsiderancy1599
unconsiderateness1611
incogitancy1612
perperitude1623
thoughtlessness1624
indeliberationa1631
incogitance1637
gaiety1703
inconsideracy1748
étourderie1763
slobberiness1845
1612 W. Sclater Christians Strength 3 Infirmities..are, vsually, sins of incogitancie.
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes i. 39 It was peraduenture a slip of the pen vpon incogitancy.
1693 J. Tyrrell Brief Disquis. Law Nature 160 Through some Errour, Weakness, or Incogitancy..they may often deviate from this great end.
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 104 An Argument of vulgar Incogitancy.
2. Want of the faculty of thought.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [noun]
vacuity1593
incogitancy1649
unthinkingnessa1695
incogitativity1722
vacancy1752
unthought1866
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. viii. 83 The tremblings of the heart, the incogitancy of the minde..represent a death-bed to be but an ill station for a penitent.
c1673 Reasonable Def. Seasonable Disc. 20 Were not our Author furnished with a convenient talent of incogitancy, he could not but know.
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