nescient

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈnɛʃənt/ (US)

Definition of nescient

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An ignorant person.
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noun

  1. An ignorant person.
  2. One who holds that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters (the unmeasurable) or ultimate causes is impossible.

adj

  1. Ignorant, unlearned.
  2. Unbelieving.

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Etymology

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

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