parviscientadj.
/pɑːˈvɪsɪənt/, U.S. /pɑrˈvɪʃ(ə)nt/ Now rare.
Knowing little; ignorant.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
1862 F. Hall tr. N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. iii. iii. 210 The ignorance of a single soul..keeps it parviscient, parvipotent.
1884 T. J. Scott in J. M. Reid Doomed Relig. 160 Brahma alone..is neither parviscient nor omniscient.
1890 Overland Monthly Oct. 435/1 Ego, the personality—temporal and parviscient.
1980 Noûs 14 167 There is no denying that we are sorely parviscient on these matters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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