nescient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

adj

/ˈnɛʃənt/

nescient nescients more nescient most nescient

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

nescience

omninescient

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