INSENTIENT

insentient, insensate

(adjective) devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation; “insentient (or insensate) stone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

insentient (comparative more insentient, superlative most insentient)

having no consciousness or animation; not sentient

Insensitive, indifferent

Source: Wiktionary


In*sen"ti*ent, a.

Definition: Not sentient; not having perception, or the power of perception. The . . . attributes of an insentient, inert substance. Reid. But there can be nothing like to this sensation in the rose, because it is insentient. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

coffee icon