scient

From Latin sciēns (“knowing”), from sciō (“know”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪənt/
• Rhymes: -aɪənt

scient (comparative more scient, superlative most scient)

1. Knowing; aware; knowledgeable.
   • 1626, Sir Charles Cornwallis, A Discourse of the most illustrious Prince Henry, late Prince of Wales, page 8:

     …referring them to ſome ſuch of his principal Officers as he thought to be the moſt ſcient in Matters of that Nature…

• science

See scion.

scient

1. Obsolete spelling of scion.

• ceints, incest, insect, nicest

scient

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of scier

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈski.ɛnt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈʃiː.ent]

scient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of sciō