Definitions
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- n. silliness, folly
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Silliness; trifling; nonsense.
Etymologies
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Latin desipientia, from desipere ‘to be foolish’.
Examples
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_ -- "We can assure our readers who delight in mere joyous desipience that they will find a rich harvest of laughter in the purely irresponsible outpourings of Professor Leacock's fancy."
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The second book, published in 1871, shows Mr. Lear in the maturity of sweet desipience, and will perhaps remain the favorite volume of the four to grown-up readers.
pavonine commented on the word desipience
foolishness,silliness
Fowles, The Magus
November 8, 2007