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judicious, a.|dʒuːˈdɪʃəs|
Also 7 erron. -itious.
[ad. F. judicieux, -euse (Montaigne, 16th c.) = It. giudizioso, f. L. jūdici-um judgement: see -ous.]
1. Of persons (or their faculties, etc.): Having or exercising sound judgement; discreet, wise, sensible.
a. in relation to intellectual matters: Forming correct opinions or notions; sound in discernment; wisely critical.
1598Florio, Giudicioso, iudicious, learned, wise, discreet. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. ii. 29 Now this ouer-done..though it make the vnskilfull laugh, cannot but make the Iudicious greeue. 1626Jackson Creed viii. xxii. §2 It hath beene long agoe observed by the learned and judicious Hooker. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. Introd. 4 Thus also Judicious Chillingworth. 1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. iv. 95 The famousest and judiciousest of the ancienter Rabbins. 1724A. Collins Gr. Chr. Relig. 42 One of the most Judicious of Interpreters, the great Grotius. 1818Hallam Mid. Ages ix. i. (1819) III. 305 There were men who made the age famous, grave lawyers, judicious historians, wise philosophers.
b. in relation to practical matters: Wise in adapting means to ends; capable and careful in action; prudent. (Now the more frequent use.)
1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 82 Being accounted..confident, iudicious, and diligent, although of no great experience. 1605Shakes. Macb. iv. ii. 16. 1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 20 To give honour to this Art of Painting many worthy Gentlemen..are become Iuditious practitioners herein. a1704T. Brown Praise Pov. Wks. 1730 I. 92 A judicious pilot. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose vi, No judicious commander allows either flags of truce or neutrals to remain in his camp longer than is prudent.
2. Of action, thought, etc.: Proceeding from or showing sound judgement; marked by discretion, wisdom, or good sense.
a. in relation to intellectual matters.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. Prol., That..We might waigh massy in judicious scale. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. xv. (1651) 137, I would that all..would read those judicious tracts of Dr. Henry Spelman. 1781Cowper Conversat. 235 A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. xi, As she concluded this judicious remark, she turned to the Miss Gunns.
b. in relation to practical matters. (Now the more frequent use.)
1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 201 This retraite..yet was..iudicious, the place being strong by nature. 1695Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 279 To surmount all Dangers..by brave Actions and judicious Councils. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. (1869) I. xix. 530 A very judicious plan of operations was adopted. 1833H. Martineau Vanderput & S. vi. 95 Selling again the judicious purchases they were enabled to make. 1853Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges 143 A splendid and very instructive example of what may be effected by judicious combinations and arrangements.
†3. = judicial A. 1. Obs.
(But in the two Shakes. quots. the actual sense is doubtful. Judicial does not occur in Shakes.)
1605Shakes. Lear iii. iv. 76 Iudicious punishment, 'twas this flesh begot Those Pelicane Daughters. 1607― Cor. v. vi. 128 His last offences to vs Shall haue Iudicious hearing. 1611Coryat Crudities 279 Their courts of justice, their judicious proceedings. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 178 To proceede against him by a judicious way. |