Etymology

nescient

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Today it means: An ignorant person. Full definition →

Latin nesciēns
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  1. Latin · derived fromnesciēns“ignorant, unknowing”
  2. English todaynescient

Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (“ignorant, unknowing”), the present participle of nesciō (“to don’t know, to be ignorant of”).

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