Re: The funniest thing I've seen in a while

From: Chuck Murcko (chuck@topsail.org)
Date: Mon Nov 06 2000 - 12:18:27 PPET

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Wayne E Baisley wrote:
>
> > Is insipient a word? I think the word you have in mind is "insipid"
>
> Nope. It's insipient, a real word:
>
> http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?PAGE=770
>
> Insipient
>
> In*sip"i*ent (?), a. [L. insipiens; pref. in- not + sapiens wise.]
> Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish. [R.] Clarendon. -- n. An insipient
> person. [R.] Fryth.
>
> Insipid, OTOH, is from L. in + sapidus, meaning unsavory.
>
...and not to be confused with incipient (pronounced identically):

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.page.sh?PAGE=744

In*cip"i*ent (?), a. [L. incipiens, p. pr. of incipere to begin. See
Inception.] Beginning to be, or to show itself; commencing; initial; as,
the incipient stage
of a fever; incipient light of day. -- In*cip"i*ent*ly, adv.

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Chuck
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