nescience

Variant of nescient

nescient definition

nes·cient (nes̸h′ənt, -ē ənt)

adjective

  1. lacking knowledge; ignorant
  2. agnostic

Etymology: L nesciens, prp. of nescire, to be ignorant of: see nice

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