nescidade
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese necidade, neicidade, from néscio + -dade.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.siˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.siˈda.de/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /nɨʃ.siˈda.dɨ/ [nɨʃ.siˈða.ðɨ], /nɨ.ʃiˈda.dɨ/ [nɨ.ʃiˈða.ðɨ]
- Hyphenation: nes‧ci‧da‧de
Noun
nescidade f (plural nescidades)
- foolishness, stupidity
- a foolish or stupid action