incogitancy
incogitancy noun: a lack of thought or thinking.
Noun
incogitancy (countable and uncountable, plural incogitancies)
- A lack of thought or thinking.
- 'Tis folly and incogitancy to argue anything, one way or the other, from the designs of a sort of beings with whom we so little communicate.1681, Joseph Glanvill, Saducismus Triumphatus
- The motion of my blood no longer keeps time with the tumult of the world. It leads me to seek for happiness in the lap and love of my family, in the society of my neighbors & my books, in the wholesome occupations of my farm & my affairs, in an interest or affection in every bud that opens, in...1793 June 9, Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison
- Synonyms:
- oblivion
Synonyms of incogitancy
Forms of incogitancy
| plural | incogitancies |
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Origin of incogitancy
From Latin incōgitantia (“thoughtlessness”), from incōgitāns, from in- + cogitāns, present active participle of cōgitō (“think”).
Questions about incogitancy
- What does incogitancy mean?
- Incogitancy means a lack of thought or thinking.
- What part of speech is incogitancy?
- Incogitancy is a noun.
- What is the plural of incogitancy?
- The plural of incogitancy is incogitancies.
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