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scient

UK/ˈsaɪənt/

scient adjective: knowing; aware; knowledgeable. Also the obsolete spelling of scion.

Adjective

scient (comparative more scient, superlative most scient)

  1. Knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
    • …referring them to ſome ſuch of his principal Officers as he thought to be the moſt ſcient in Matters of that Nature…1626, Sir Charles Cornwallis, A Discourse of the most illustrious Prince Henry, late Prince of Wales, page 8

Also used as

scient is also the obsolete spelling of scion.

Forms of scient

comparativemore scient
superlativemost scient

Origin of scient

From Latin sciēns (“knowing”), from sciō (“know”).

See scion.

Words that rhyme with scient

Questions about scient

What does scient mean?
Scient means knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
What part of speech is scient?
Scient is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scient?
Scient is pronounced /ˈsaɪənt/ (UK).

Words near scient in the dictionary

  1. sciencing
  2. sciencing up
  3. sciencism
  4. sciency
  5. scienda
  6. scient
  7. scientaster
  8. scientasters
  9. scienter
  10. scientess
  11. scientesses

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