desipience

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/dɪˈsɪpɪəns/

noun

silliness, folly

OriginLatin desipientia →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

noundesipience (usually uncountable, plural desipiences)

plural desipiences

  1. uncountableusuallysilliness, folly

    Half by desipience, half by proclivity, he had come to live in a world where the only significant leisure activities were coupling and consuming.

    1965, John Fowles, The Magus

Origin

  1. Latindesipientia
  2. Englishdesipience

From Latin desipientia, from desipere (“to be foolish”).

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APA

desipience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desipience

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“desipience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desipience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desipience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desipience.

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