† insciousadj.
Obsolete.
= inscient adj.1
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 5) 1181 Hee begins with the Dunces, those..inscious..wilfull Ignorants.
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells 450 The inscious man may be knowne by three things.
1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 54 His Followers cannot be inscious, what an abhominable and odious crime it is to betray their Lord and Master.
Derivatives
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adverb]
unweetinglya1400
unfeltly1606
unsensibly1658
insciously1675
unconsciously1709
imperceptively1861
inconsciently1913
unconsciently1929
1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. i. i. 109 Thus insciously he unsaith what laboriously he writeth a book to prove.
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