Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conscient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-scient
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

conscious; aware

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"As we see in Augustus Cæsar, (who was rather diverse from his uncle, than inferior in virtue,) how when he died, he desired his friends about him to give him a plaudite, as if he were conscient to himself that he had played his part well upon the stage."
"In a word, the embryology and the taxinomy of the animal kinds, enlightened by the doctrine of transformism, show to us the slow acquisition of conscient life in the animal kingdom."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consciens, conscientis, present participle.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: consciens

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more conscient (comparative) most conscient (superlative)

Derived Forms

conscientious conscientize unconscient

Frequently Paired Words

sentient

Questions

What does conscient mean?: conscious; aware
Where does conscient come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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