Definition of NESCIENT

nescient

Plural: nescients

Adjective Satellite

  • holding that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters or ultimate causes is impossible
  • uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
    • "nescient of contemporary literature"

Noun

  • An ignorant person; one who lacks knowledge.
  • 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

  • Ignorant, unlearned.
  • Unbelieving.

Examples

  • To challenge NESCIENT would reveal the challenger’s own nescience of vocabulary.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 10

nescient: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nescient: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nescient: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

nescient: valid Words With Friends Word