nescient

noun

1. lack of knowledge; ignorance.
2. agnosticism.

noun

1. a formal or literary word for ignorance

adj.1620s, from Latin nescientem (nominative nesciens) “ignorant, unaware,” present participle of nescire “not to know, to be ignorant,” from ne “not” + scire “to know” (see science). n.“ignorance,” 1610s, from Late Latin nescientia, from nesciens (see nescient).