wisdom

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English

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Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#WISDOMCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-#WISDOM

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#WISDOMCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WISDOM wisdom, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#WISDOMCategory:English terms derived from Old English#WISDOM wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WISDOMCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WISDOM *wīsadōm, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WISDOMCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WISDOM *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”), corresponding to wise +‎ -domCategory:English terms suffixed with -dom#WISDOM. Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom (“wisdom”), West Frisian wiisdom (“wisdom”), Dutch wijsdom (“wisdom”), German Weistum (“legal sentence”), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom (“wisdom”), Icelandic vísdómur (“wisdom”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wisdom (countable and uncountable, plural wisdoms)Category:English lemmas#WISDOMCategory:English nouns#WISDOMCategory:English uncountable nouns#WISDOMCategory:English countable nouns#WISDOMCategory:English countable nouns#WISDOMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WISDOMCategory:Pages with entries#WISDOMCategory:Pages with 3 entries#WISDOM

  1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#WISDOM) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
  2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#WISDOM) A piece of wise advice.
  3. The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
  4. The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
  5. The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
  6. (theologyCategory:en:Theology#WISDOM) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
    • 1652, Eugenius Philalethes, The Fame and Confeſſion of the Fraternity of…the Roſie Croſs, pages 1-2 of the preface:
      Wiſdom…is to a man an infinite Treaſure, for ſhe is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ſhe is the Brightneſs of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Majeſty of God, and an Image of his Goodneſs; ſhe teacheth us Soberneſs and Prudence, Righteouſneſs and Strength; ſhe underſtands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ſentences; ſhe foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ſhall happen in time to come.
      Category:English terms with quotations#WISDOM
      Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned
  7. (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#WISDOM) A group of wombats.
    • 2007 April 16, Tony Cooper, “Ebay is Unfair!”, in rec.collecting.coins‎ (Usenet), retrieved 5 September 2022:
      It would also be difficult to get to the bottom line accurately if a wisdom of wombats ate your working papers. Both scenarios are equal in probability.
      Category:English terms with quotations#WISDOM
    • 2017, Peggy A. Wheeler, The Splendid and Extraordinary Life of Beautimus Potamus‎:
      Beautimus strolled to the river for her morning bath. She looked one direction, then the other to search the landscape for anything or anybody who might offer a clue as to what could be coming her way. She passed a pond where a congregation of alligators and a wisdom of wombats engaged in a heated argument over economics. Nothing unusual in that.
      Category:English terms with quotations#WISDOM
    • 2020, Graham Jackson, The7th Victim‎, page 160:
      Banyule means hill, another voice whispers from the swamp, and as I turn to ask a question I see kangaroos lying in the shade of a low tree by the shining water. Yes, the water has returned, along with giant earth-eating creatures boring holes far below, linking wisdoms of wombats with wastelands of Winthers.
      Category:English terms with quotations#WISDOM
  8. (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#WISDOM) A group of owls.
    Synonym: parliament
    • 1974, Margery Weiner, Answering Any Questions: How to Set Up an Information Office, Newton Abbot : David and Charles [for] the "Daily Telegraph":
      What he expected to find I cannot imagine , unless it was a wisdom of owls. What he did see and hear were telephones ringing, assistants answering them, getting up from their seats to take a book or a card from a file, returning […]
      Category:English terms with quotations#WISDOM
    • 2016, Gary Barwin, Yiddish for Pirates: A Novel, →ISBN, page 91:
      All of us, whether we gather into a wisp of snipes, a wisdom of owls, a wing of plovers, or remain like a single regretful priest on his knees before his God, we are one and it is not for us to decide another's fate.
      Category:English terms with quotations#WISDOM
  9. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#WISDOM, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#WISDOM) Ellipsis of wisdom toothCategory:English ellipses#WISDOM.

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References

  • “wisdom”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • (group of wombats): Woop Studios, Jay Sacher. A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras. Chronicle Books, 2013. p. 213

See also

Category:en:Collectives#WISDOMCategory:en:Philosophy#WISDOMCategory:en:Vombatiforms#WISDOM

Middle English

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Etymology

From Old EnglishCategory:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#WISDOMCategory:Middle English terms derived from Old English#WISDOM wīsdom. Equivalent to wys +‎ -domCategory:Middle English terms suffixed with -dom#WISDOM.

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Noun

wisdomCategory:Middle English lemmas#WISDOMCategory:Middle English nouns#WISDOMCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#WISDOMCategory:Pages with entries#WISDOMCategory:Pages with 3 entries#WISDOM (plural wisdomes)

  1. wisdom

Descendants

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WISDOMCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WISDOM *wīsadōmaz. Cognate with Old Frisian wīsdom, Old Saxon wīsdom, Old High German wīstuom, Old Norse vísdómr. Equivalent to wīs +‎ dōmCategory:Old English compound terms#WISDOM.

Pronunciation

Noun

wīsdōm mCategory:Old English lemmas#WISDOMCategory:Old English nouns#WISDOMCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#WISDOMCategory:Old English masculine nouns#WISDOMCategory:Pages with entries#WISDOMCategory:Pages with 3 entries#WISDOM

  1. wisdom

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