insipience

English

Etymology

From Latin insipientia: compare Old French insipience.Equivalent to in- +‎ sapience.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɪp.i.əns/

Noun

insipience (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) stupidity; folly
    • a. 1696, Thomas Beverley, Treatise:
      the Insipience of the Many of the Age

References

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