desipient

adjective

de·​sip·​i·​ent

-pēənt

: indulging in desipience

and smiled to see desipient Horace play

—Timothy Dwight

Word History

Etymology

Latin desipient-, desipiens, present participle of desipere to be foolish, from de- + -sipere (from sapere to have taste, be wise)

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