scient

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin sciēns (“knowing”), from sciō (“know”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

scient (comparative more scient, superlative most scient)

  1. Knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
    • 1626, Sir Charles Cornwallis, A Discourse of the most illustrious Prince Henry, late Prince of Wales, p.8
      …referring them to ſome ſuch of his principal Officers as he thought to be the moſt ſcient in Matters of that Nature…
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Etymology 2[edit]

See scion.

Noun[edit]

scient

  1. Obsolete spelling of scion

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Verb[edit]

scient

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scier

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

scient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of sciō
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