nescient

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (ignorant, unknowing), the present participle of nesciō (I don’t know, I am ignorant of).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nescient (plural nescients)

  1. An ignorant person.
  2. One who holds that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters (the unmeasurable) or ultimate causes is impossible.

Adjective[edit]

nescient (comparative more nescient, superlative most nescient)

  1. Ignorant, unlearned.
  2. Unbelieving.

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

nescient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of nesciō