insipience

insipience
insipient, adj.insipiently, adv.
/in sip"ee euhns/, n. Archaic.
lack of wisdom; foolishness.
[1375-1425; late ME < L insipientia foolishness, equiv. to insipient- s. of insipiens foolish (in- IN-3 + -sipient-, comb. form of sapient- SAPIENT) + -ia; see -ENCE]

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