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† inˈcogitancy Obs.
[ad. L. incōgitāntia thoughtlessness, f. incōgitānt-em: see next.]
1. Want of thought or reflection; thoughtlessness, heedlessness, negligence; inadvertence.
1612Sclater Chr. Strength 3 Infirmities..are, vsually, sins of incogitancie. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ i. 39 It was peraduenture a slip of the pen vpon incogitancy. 1693Tyrrell Law Nat. 160 Through some Errour, Weakness, or Incogitancy..they may often deviate from this great end. 1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. Wilts. 104 An Argument of vulgar Incogitancy.
2. Want of the faculty of thought.
1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. viii. 83 The tremblings of the heart, the incogitancy of the minde..represent a death-bed to be but an ill station for a penitent. c1673Reasonable Def. Seasonable Disc. 20 Were not our Author furnished with a convenient talent of incogitancy, he could not but know. |