insipience

[ in-sip-ee-uh ns ]
/ 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, adjective in·sip·i·ent·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH insipience

incipient insipid insipient

Words nearby insipience

insincerity, insinuate, insinuating, insinuation, insipid, insipience, insist, insistence, insistency, insistent, insnare

Example sentences from the Web for insipient

  • In other words it is the negative quality of passiveness either in recoverable latency or insipient latescence.

    What Is Man? And Other Stories |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for insipient

insipience
/ (ɪnˈsɪpɪəns) /

noun

archaic lack of wisdom

Derived forms of insipience

insipient, adjective insipiently, adverb

Word Origin for insipience

C15: from Latin insipientia, from in- 1 + sapientia wisdom; see sapient