insipient

[in'sipiənt]
  • adj. 愚蠢的

英文词源


insipient (adj.)
"foolish," mid-15c., from Latin insipientem (nominative insipiens) "unwise, foolish," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + sapientem (see sapient). "Now mostly, or wholly, disused to avoid confusion with incipient" [OED].

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