inconscient
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of inconscient
1880–85; in- 3 + conscient conscious (< French conscient ) < Latin conscient-, stem of consciēns, present participle of conscīre, originally, to have on one's conscience, equivalent to con- con- + scīre to know
Example Sentences
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On Selden's part, no doubt, the wound inflicted was inconscient; he had never guessed her foolish secret; but Lily—Lily must have known!
From House of Mirth by Wharton, Edith
Kate Orme was not without an amused perception of her future husband's point of view; but she could enter into it with the tolerance which allows for the inconscient element in all our judgments.
From Sanctuary by Wharton, Edith
In minerals there are "constant tendencies" which are nothing but obscure wills; what we currently term weight, fluidity, impenetrability, electricity, chemical affinities, are nothing but natural wills or inconscient wills.
From Initiation into Philosophy by Faguet, Émile
She was not yet a woman, by a certain veil of fragility and inconscient shyness, but the child was gone.
From Making Money by Johnson, Owen
Youth is bold and inconscient of its danger.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
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