nescientadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnɛsɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈnɛʃ(i)ənt/,

/ˈnɛsiənt/

Forms: late Middle English nesciant, 1600s 1800s– nescient.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nescient-, nesciēns, nescīre.

Etymology: < classical Latin nescient-, nesciēns, present participle of nescīre to be ignorant, not to know < ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + scīre to know (see science n.). Compare Anglo-Norman nescient (first half of 13th cent.), Old French nesciens, nescient (a1227, in a single source).

A. adj.

1. Ignorant. Frequently with of.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 123 Þe preste oweþ noȝt for to yeve to eny culpable man þat is nesciant and unknowynge a pure obley as for body of Crist.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 118 Infinite knowledge..can neither be ignorant or nescient of any thing.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 899 A Blind and Nescient..Nature.

1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 158 They 'neath their feet tread nescient pride and fear.

1884 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera xcv. 257 Only scientific of their..pasture, peacefully nescient of all beyond.

1939 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 8 84 The Hall of Negro Life presented to a nescient public a remarkable cross-sectional view of Negro life.

1971 A. Hailey Wheels ix. 138 Many in the white world—nescient, shallow thinkers—called the attitude ‘shiftless’, and condemned it.

2000 Independent on Sunday 10 Dec. i. 23/1 George W Bush, the smirking and nescient scion of the most mediocre political dynasty in American history.

2. Agnostic; (asserting that humankind is) incapable of understanding the ultimate constitution of reality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [adjective] > agnostic

nescient1863

agnostic1884

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [adjective]

ortrowOE

unbelievedc1200

unbelieffulc1380

untrowfulc1380

mislevefula1382

mistrowablea1382

mistrowfula1382

mistrowinga1382

unfaithfulc1384

faithlessa1400

unbelievinga1400

untrothfula1400

misbelieffula1425

out of beliefa1425

untraistfulc1480

untruthfulc1480

godless1528

irreligious1561

incredulous1578

atheistical1588

athean1611

atheal1612

atheous1612

beliefless1612

nullifidian1661

atheist1667

unreligious1814

nihilistic1848

know-nothing1862

nescient1863

non-theistic1863

agnostical?a1870

agnostic1870

non-theist1913

no-God1923

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > agnosticism > [adjective]

nescient1863

agnostical?a1870

agnostic1884

1863 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Oct. 718 The Christian Theist has the better of his non-theistic imitator, in this particular application of the nescient philosophy.

1876 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) IV. 242 A modern savant, whether of the Nescient or the Omniscient school.

1890 Mind 15 11 A philosophy which looks only to man's organic participation in nature is logically atheistic..and..in the end completely nescient.

1964 Renaissance News 17 212 One is struck..by their willingness to assume the truth of the nescient hypothesis—surely an extreme example of intellectual humility.

1993 Polit. Theory 21 650 It is his [sc. Hobbes's] view that our generally nescient condition is such that [etc.].

†B. n.

An agnostic. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person

wanbelieverc1440

unbeliever1526

infidela1530

nullifidian1564

atheist1571

sceptic1638

disbeliever1648

non-believer1649

scorner1651

scoffer1691

sceptic-Christian1711

nothingarian1776

nothingist1797

no-religionist1827

nihilist1854

netheist1855

non-theist1857

agnostic1869

nescient1872

post-Christian1886

bush baptist1902

no-Goddite1952

1872 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) I. 63 A far larger number, of whom Professor Huxley may be taken as representative, are ‘nescients’.

1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 212 The most eager Nescient or Denier to be found in the ranks of the assailants of theology in our own day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nescient
释义	nescientadj.n. Brit. /ˈnɛsɪənt/, U.S. /ˈnɛʃ(i)ənt/, /ˈnɛsiənt/ Forms: late Middle English nesciant, 1600s 1800s– nescient. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin nescient-, nesciēns, nescīre. Etymology: < classical Latin nescient-, nesciēns, present participle of nescīre to be ignorant, not to know < ne- not (see ne adv.¹) + scīre to know (see science n.). Compare Anglo-Norman nescient (first half of 13th cent.), Old French nesciens, nescient (a1227, in a single source). A. adj. 1. Ignorant. Frequently with of. ΘΚΠ 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 a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 123 Þe preste oweþ noȝt for to yeve to eny culpable man þat is nesciant and unknowynge a pure obley as for body of Crist. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 118 Infinite knowledge..can neither be ignorant or nescient of any thing. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 899 A Blind and Nescient..Nature. 1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 158 They 'neath their feet tread nescient pride and fear. 1884 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera xcv. 257 Only scientific of their..pasture, peacefully nescient of all beyond. 1939 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 8 84 The Hall of Negro Life presented to a nescient public a remarkable cross-sectional view of Negro life. 1971 A. Hailey Wheels ix. 138 Many in the white world—nescient, shallow thinkers—called the attitude ‘shiftless’, and condemned it. 2000 Independent on Sunday 10 Dec. i. 23/1 George W Bush, the smirking and nescient scion of the most mediocre political dynasty in American history. 2. Agnostic; (asserting that humankind is) incapable of understanding the ultimate constitution of reality. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scepticism > [adjective] > agnostic nescient1863 agnostic1884 society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [adjective] ortrowOE unbelievedc1200 unbelieffulc1380 untrowfulc1380 mislevefula1382 mistrowablea1382 mistrowfula1382 mistrowinga1382 unfaithfulc1384 faithlessa1400 unbelievinga1400 untrothfula1400 misbelieffula1425 out of beliefa1425 untraistfulc1480 untruthfulc1480 godless1528 irreligious1561 incredulous1578 atheistical1588 athean1611 atheal1612 atheous1612 beliefless1612 nullifidian1661 atheist1667 unreligious1814 nihilistic1848 know-nothing1862 nescient1863 non-theistic1863 agnostical?a1870 agnostic1870 non-theist1913 no-God1923 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > scepticism > agnosticism > [adjective] nescient1863 agnostical?a1870 agnostic1884 1863 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Oct. 718 The Christian Theist has the better of his non-theistic imitator, in this particular application of the nescient philosophy. 1876 J. Martineau Ess., Rev., & Addr. (1891) IV. 242 A modern savant, whether of the Nescient or the Omniscient school. 1890 Mind 15 11 A philosophy which looks only to man's organic participation in nature is logically atheistic..and..in the end completely nescient. 1964 Renaissance News 17 212 One is struck..by their willingness to assume the truth of the nescient hypothesis—surely an extreme example of intellectual humility. 1993 Polit. Theory 21 650 It is his [sc. Hobbes's] view that our generally nescient condition is such that [etc.]. †B. n. An agnostic. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person wanbelieverc1440 unbeliever1526 infidela1530 nullifidian1564 atheist1571 sceptic1638 disbeliever1648 non-believer1649 scorner1651 scoffer1691 sceptic-Christian1711 nothingarian1776 nothingist1797 no-religionist1827 nihilist1854 netheist1855 non-theist1857 agnostic1869 nescient1872 post-Christian1886 bush baptist1902 no-Goddite1952 1872 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) I. 63 A far larger number, of whom Professor Huxley may be taken as representative, are ‘nescients’. 1878 J. Morley Diderot II. 212 The most eager Nescient or Denier to be found in the ranks of the assailants of theology in our own day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1500
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