incogitant
English
Etymology
From Latin incogitans, from in- (“not”) + cogitans, present participle of cogitare (“to think”). See cogitate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɒd͡ʒɪtənt/
Adjective
incogitant (comparative more incogitant, superlative most incogitant)
- thoughtless; inconsiderate
- 1698, John Goodman (not the Flintstones actor), Winter-Evening Conference […]
- Men are careless and incogitant.
- 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?: s.n.], OCLC 63957123:
- The bar will blush at this most incogitant woodcock
- 1698, John Goodman (not the Flintstones actor), Winter-Evening Conference […]
References
incogitant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913