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Definition of Inscient
1. a. Having little or no knowledge; ignorant; stupid; silly.
2. a. Having knowledge or insight; intelligent.
Definition of Inscient
1. Adjective. lacking knowledge; ignorant ¹
2. Adjective. having inward knowledge or insight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inscient
1. ignorant [adj]
Medical Definition of Inscient
1. Having knowledge or insight; intelligent. "Gaze on, with inscient vision, toward the sun." (Mrs. Browning) Origin: Pref. In- in + L. Sciens knowing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inscient
Literary usage of Inscient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1873)
"Yet, inscient of the day, the night was fair, Fair as the day to eyes that knew
no more, Till gleamings broke athwart it unaware, Then left it dark that was ..."
2. The History of the Common Law of England: And An Analysis of the Civil Part by Matthew Hale (1820)
"... but such as were too excellent, ns the king; too sacred, as the clergy ; too
weak, as women, children, maimed persons; too inscient, as idiots, ..."
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