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单词 insipience
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insipience

[ in-sip-ee-uhns ]
/ ɪnˈsɪp i əns /

noun Archaic.

lack of wisdom; foolishness.

Origin of insipience

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

OTHER WORDS FROM insipience

in·sip·i·ent, adjectivein·sip·i·ent·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH insipience

incipient, insipid, insipient

Words nearby insipience

in single file, insinuate, insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent, in situ
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Example sentences from the Web for insipience

  • Their anfractuousness, their insipience, and their turpitude, are no longer amphibological.

    Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for insipience

insipience
/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪəns) /

noun

archaic lack of wisdom

Derived forms of insipience

insipient, adjectiveinsipiently, adverb

Word Origin for insipience

C15: from Latin insipientia, from in- 1 + sapientia wisdom; see sapient
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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