Middle English Dictionary Entry
nesciant adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | nesciant adj. |
| Etymology | From L nesciens, -ntem, ppl. of nescire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ignorant, unknowing.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)123/6 : Þe preste oweþ noȝt for to yeve to eny culpable man þat is nesciant and vnknowynge a pure obley as for body of Crist, for þe taker is gilty þrouȝ wille.