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desipiences

desipiences is the plural of desipience.

Meaning of desipience

Noun

desipience (usually uncountable, plural desipiences)

  1. (usually) silliness, folly
    • Half by desipience, half by proclivity, he had come to live in a world where the only significant leisure activities were coupling and consuming.1965, John Fowles, The Magus

Questions about desipiences

What is desipiences the plural of?
Desipiences is the plural of desipience.

Words near desipiences in the dictionary

  1. desinusoided
  2. desinusoiding
  3. desiodase
  4. desiodases
  5. desipience
  6. desipiences
  7. desipient
  8. desipramine
  9. desipramines
  10. Desir
  11. desir'd

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