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March 23, 2005

incogitant (in-KOJ-i-tuhnt) adjective

Thoughtless; inconsiderate.
[From Latin incogitant-, from cogitare (to think), from agitare (to agitate), from agere (to drive). Ultimately from Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw) that's also the fount of such words as act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, and ambassador.]
"Setting aside the inane assumption that NASA and its co-conspirators were too incogitant to have thought of this, there are actually three sources of light: the sun, the earth (reflecting the sun) and the moon itself, which acts as a powerful reflector, particularly when you are standing on it." Michael Shermer; Fox's Flapdoodle; Scientific American (Washington DC); Jun 1, 2001.

"Jimmy just nodded like some incogitant beast, looked down at the folio, and saw that the man had written J. Quirinus Publicas for his name."
Frederick Barrows; Hothouse Gods; Xlibris; 2003.


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Posted by Keya at March 23, 2005 06:11 PM
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