insensate.
Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
Meaning & usage
Having no sensation or consciousness; unconscious; inanimate.
Senseless; foolish; irrational; thoughtless.
Unfeeling, heartless, cruel, insensitive.
Not responsive to sensory stimuli; unfeeling.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin sensātus Latin īnsēnsātuslbor. English insensate Learned borrowing from Latin īnsēnsātus. By surface analysis, in- + sensate.
One who is insensate.
Where this word comes from
From the substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix).
To render insensate; to deprive of sensation or consciousness.
Where this word comes from
From Latin īnsēnsātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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