desipient

English

Etymology

From Latin desipiens, present participle of desipere (“to be foolish”), from de- + sapere (“to be wise”).

Adjective

desipient (comparative more desipient, superlative most desipient)

1. foolish; silly; trifling

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “desipient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

dēsipient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēsipiō