DESIPIENT


Meaning of DESIPIENT in English

-pēənt adjective

Etymology: Latin desipient-, desipiens, present past. of desipere to be foolish, from de- + -sipere (from sapere to have taste, be wise) — more at sage

: indulging in desipience

and smiled to see desipient Horace play — Timothy Dwight

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