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nescient

US/ˈnɛʃənt/

nescient noun: an ignorant person.

Noun

nescient (plural nescients)

  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.

Adjective

nescient (comparative more nescient, superlative most nescient)

  1. Ignorant, unlearned.
  2. Unbelieving.

nescient meaning in Bengali and Kannada

nescient in Bengali

একজন অজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি, অজ্ঞ, অশিক্ষিত

nescient in Kannada

ಅಜ್ಞೇಯತಾವಾದಿ

Forms of nescient

Noun
pluralnescients
Adjective
comparativemore nescient
superlativemost nescient

Origin of nescient

Ultimately from Latin nesciēns (“ignorant, unknowing”), the present participle of nesciō (“to don’t know, to be ignorant of”).

Words formed from nescient

Questions about nescient

What does nescient mean?
Nescient means an ignorant person.
What is nescient in Bengali?
Nescient in Bengali is একজন অজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি, অজ্ঞ, অশিক্ষিত. See Nescient meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nescient?
Nescient can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce nescient?
Nescient is pronounced /ˈnɛʃənt/ (US).
What is the plural of nescient?
The plural of nescient is nescients.

Words near nescient in the dictionary

  1. Nesbys
  2. Nescafe
  3. Nescafé
  4. nescience
  5. nesciences
  6. nescient
  7. nescients
  8. nescious
  9. Nesean
  10. Nesebar
  11. NESes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nescient (page history and authors); nescient (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nescient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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