inconscient

[ in-kon-shuhnt ]

adjective

1. unconscious.

Other Words From

• in·conscient·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconscient¹

1880–85; in- ³ + conscient conscious (< French conscient ) < Latin conscient-, stem of consciēns, present participle of conscīre, originally, to have on one's conscience, equivalent to con- con- + scīre to know

Example Sentences

She was not yet a woman, by a certain veil of fragility and inconscient shyness, but the child was gone.

From Project Gutenberg

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