Meanings
adjectiveincogitant (comparative more incogitant, superlative most incogitant)
comparative more incogitant · superlative most incogitant
- thoughtless; inconsiderate
Men are careleſs and incogitant
1698, John Goodman, Winter-Evening Conference […] , eleventh edition, London: Printed by W. B. for Dan Brown […] , published 1720, page 1871 more example
The Barr will bluſh at this moſt incogitant woodcock
1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 25
Origin
- Latinincogitans
- Englishincogitant
From Latin incogitans, from in- (“not”) + cogitans, present participle of cogitare (“to think”). See cogitate.
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