insipient

Meaning

foolish; lacking wisdom; stupid

Synonyms

anserine

Boeotian

cockamamie

hen-witted

insensate

meshuga

rattlebrained

sottish

unwise

cockamamy

goony

nutty as a fruitcake

sawney

dunderheaded

clottish

lamebrained

oxlike

duncelike

chowderheaded

boobish

twp

lunkish

wisdomless

twatty

melon-headed

Translations

dumm

närrisch

töricht

narrenhaft

insensé

sot

baggiano

burattinesco

ciucco

dissennato

insensato

insulso

scempio

scimunito

albern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: insipient

In summary

From Middle English insipient, incipient, from Old French insipient, ultimately from Latin īnsipiēns.