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Desipience

//dɪˈsɪpɪəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    silliness, folly uncountable

    "Half by desipience, half by proclivity, he had come to live in a world where the only significant leisure activities were coupling and consuming."

Etymology

From Latin desipientia, from desipere (“to be foolish”).

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