Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 7, 2009
.
nescience \NESH-uhn(t)s; NESH-ee-uhn(t)s\, noun:
nescience \NESH-uhn(t)s; NESH-ee-uhn(t)s\, noun:
.
Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.
Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.
.
The nescience and naivete demonstrated by the B.O. on a daily basis just gets worser and worser!
The nescience and naivete demonstrated by the B.O. on a daily basis just gets worser and worser!
Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
.
Nescience is from Latin nescire, "not to know," from ne-, "not" + scire, "to know." It is related to science. Nescient is the adjective form.
No comments:
Post a Comment