insipience

English

Etymology

From Latin insipientia: compare Old French insipience.Equivalent to in- +‎ sapience.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪp.i.əns/

Noun

insipience (uncountable)

1. (archaic) stupidity; folly
   • a. 1696, Thomas Beverley, Treatise:

     the Insipience of the Many of the Age

References

• “insipience”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.