inconscient
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- inconsciently adverb
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
What I'd never had a taste of was the simple inconscient sort that one breathes in like the air….
From Crucial Instances by Wharton, Edith
Youth is bold and inconscient of its danger.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
I mean: that he's an inconscient instrument of goodness, as it were?
From Tales of Men and Ghosts by Wharton, Edith
You say l’artiste inconscient set off to travel: you do not divide me right.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
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