▪ I. inscient, a.1 Now rare.
(ˈɪnʃɪənt)
[ad. L. inscient-em unknowing, ignorant, f. in- (in-3) + sciens, scient-, pr. pple. of scīre to know.]
Not knowing; lacking knowledge; nescient, ignorant.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 30 Celsus..confesseth himselfe inscient, by accomptyng their number uncertaine. 1643 Prynne Sov. Power of Parlt. ii. Pref. A ij, A Company of seemingly Scient, though really inscient, selfe-conceited Court-Doctors, Priests, and Lawyers. 1898 Speaker 10 Dec. 694/2 In the thirties the Oxford mind was inscient. |
▪ II. ˈinscient, a.2 rare.
[f. in-2 + L. scient-em knowing.]
Having inward knowledge or insight.
| 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ix. 913 Gaze on, with inscient vision toward the sun, And, from his visceral heat, pluck out the roots Of light beyond him. |