Definition of nescient in English:

nescient

adjective ˈnɛsɪənt

literary

Lacking knowledge; ignorant.
〈诗/文〉没有知识的，无知的
I ventured into the new Korean restaurant with some equally nescient companions
我和一些与我一样无知的同伴壮着胆子走进了那家新开的朝鲜餐馆。
Example sentencesExamples
- The cluelessness in his expression's so nescient that it's something close to profound.
- Echoing Goethe's Romantic interpretation and adulation, Belinsky's Bard ‘understood heaven, earth, and hell’ but was, nonetheless, an ‘ignoramus’, nescient of the meaning of his own plays.
- This means I can get whipped up into a state of ill-informed indignation, because if I'm going to get indignant it may as well be in quite a pompous and nescient fashion.
Synonyms
ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple

Derivatives

nescience

noun ˈnɛsɪəns

literary

This is not to deny Lutyens his aesthetic preferences, but it is to point out that preferences cannot legitimize or wipe out a record of nescience and disdain, and of taking the credit without taking any of the blame.
Example sentencesExamples
- A man fallen in the ocean of nescience cannot be saved simply by rescuing his outward dress - the gross material body.
- Past, future, and present, these three times are imperceptible, an ignorance or nescience that is not real, only false.
- This living entity, covered by the influence of nescience, exists in different forms in the material condition.
- It reminds me somewhat of the collusion between cynicism and innocence, in which nescience is the very form that jaded dyspepsia takes.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin nescient- 'not knowing', from the verb nescire, from ne- 'not' + scire 'know'.

Rhymes

prescient

Definition of nescient in US English:

nescient

adjective

literary

Lacking knowledge; ignorant.
〈诗/文〉没有知识的，无知的
I ventured into the new Korean restaurant with some equally nescient companions
我和一些与我一样无知的同伴壮着胆子走进了那家新开的朝鲜餐馆。
Example sentencesExamples
- Echoing Goethe's Romantic interpretation and adulation, Belinsky's Bard ‘understood heaven, earth, and hell’ but was, nonetheless, an ‘ignoramus’, nescient of the meaning of his own plays.
- This means I can get whipped up into a state of ill-informed indignation, because if I'm going to get indignant it may as well be in quite a pompous and nescient fashion.
- The cluelessness in his expression's so nescient that it's something close to profound.
Synonyms
ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin nescient- ‘not knowing’, from the verb nescire, from ne- ‘not’ + scire ‘know’.

词汇	nescient
释义	Definition of nescient in English: nescient adjective ˈnɛsɪənt literary Lacking knowledge; ignorant. 〈诗/文〉没有知识的，无知的 I ventured into the new Korean restaurant with some equally nescient companions 我和一些与我一样无知的同伴壮着胆子走进了那家新开的朝鲜餐馆。 Example sentencesExamples The cluelessness in his expression's so nescient that it's something close to profound. Echoing Goethe's Romantic interpretation and adulation, Belinsky's Bard ‘understood heaven, earth, and hell’ but was, nonetheless, an ‘ignoramus’, nescient of the meaning of his own plays. This means I can get whipped up into a state of ill-informed indignation, because if I'm going to get indignant it may as well be in quite a pompous and nescient fashion. Synonyms ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple Derivatives nescience noun ˈnɛsɪəns literary This is not to deny Lutyens his aesthetic preferences, but it is to point out that preferences cannot legitimize or wipe out a record of nescience and disdain, and of taking the credit without taking any of the blame. Example sentencesExamples A man fallen in the ocean of nescience cannot be saved simply by rescuing his outward dress - the gross material body. Past, future, and present, these three times are imperceptible, an ignorance or nescience that is not real, only false. This living entity, covered by the influence of nescience, exists in different forms in the material condition. It reminds me somewhat of the collusion between cynicism and innocence, in which nescience is the very form that jaded dyspepsia takes. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin nescient- 'not knowing', from the verb nescire, from ne- 'not' + scire 'know'. Rhymes prescient Definition of nescient in US English: nescient adjective literary Lacking knowledge; ignorant. 〈诗/文〉没有知识的，无知的 I ventured into the new Korean restaurant with some equally nescient companions 我和一些与我一样无知的同伴壮着胆子走进了那家新开的朝鲜餐馆。 Example sentencesExamples Echoing Goethe's Romantic interpretation and adulation, Belinsky's Bard ‘understood heaven, earth, and hell’ but was, nonetheless, an ‘ignoramus’, nescient of the meaning of his own plays. This means I can get whipped up into a state of ill-informed indignation, because if I'm going to get indignant it may as well be in quite a pompous and nescient fashion. The cluelessness in his expression's so nescient that it's something close to profound. Synonyms ignorant, unenlightened, uneducated, unschooled, untutored, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unscholarly, unread, uninformed, backward, simple Origin Late Middle English: from Latin nescient- ‘not knowing’, from the verb nescire, from ne- ‘not’ + scire ‘know’.
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