The adjective nescius is built within the nescīre “not know” family.
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nescius
ignorant; not knowing
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · not knownescīre
not to know; to be unfamiliar with
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Not knowing is lexicalized as ignorant.
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supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Connects nescius with nescīre, not to know.
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