insipience

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪp.i.əns/

Noun

insipience (uncountable)

(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.

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