insipience

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/ɪnˈsɪp.i.əns/

noun

stupidity; folly

OriginLatin insipientia →
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Meanings

nouninsipience (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablestupidity; folly

    the Insipience of the Many of the Age

    a. 1696, Thomas Beverley, Treatise

Origin

  1. Latininsipientia
  2. Englishinsipience

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

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Chicago

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

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