scient

English

Etymology 1

From Latin sciēns (“knowing”), from sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

scient (comparative more scient, superlative most scient)

  1. Knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
    • 1626, Sir Charles Cornwallis, A Discourse of the most illustrious Prince Henry, late Prince of Wales, p.8
      …referring them to ſome ſuch of his principal Officers as he thought to be the moſt ſcient in Matters of that Nature…

Etymology 2

See scion.

Noun

scient

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

Anagrams

French

Verb

scient

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scier

Latin

Verb

scient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of sciō
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