insipience

[in-sip-ee-uhns]

noun

Archaic.

1. lack of wisdom; foolishness.

insipience

/ ɪnˈsɪpɪəns /

noun

1. archaic,  lack of wisdom

Other Word Forms

• insipiently adverb
• insipient adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of insipience¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin insipientia “foolishness,” equivalent to insipient- stem of insipiēns “foolish” ( in- in- ³ + -sipient-, combining form of sapient- sapient ) + -ia; -ence

Word History and Origins

Origin of insipience¹

C15: from Latin insipientia, from _in- ¹ + sapientia wisdom; see _sapient

Example Sentences

Insipience, in-sip′i-ens, adj. lack of wisdom.—adj.

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Their anfractuousness, their insipience, and their turpitude, are no longer amphibological.

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He had exhausted his powers of characteristic discrimination in the heads of the apostles; and in his attempt to give meekness to the countenance of Jesus, he sank into insipience.

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