nescient
adjEtymology Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (“ignorant, unknowing”), the present participle of nesciō (“to don’t know, to be ignorant of”).
1
Ignorant, unlearned.
2
Unbelieving.
- Derived terms
- omninescient
- Related terms
- nescience
nescient
nounUS /ˈnɛʃənt/
Etymology Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (“ignorant, unknowing”), the present participle of nesciō (“to don’t know, to be ignorant of”).
1
An ignorant person.
2
One who holds that only material phenomena can be known and knowledge of spiritual matters (the unmeasurable) or ultimate causes is impossible.