improvidencen.

Brit.

/ɪmˈprɒvᵻd(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈprɑvəd(ə)ns/

Forms:

α. late Middle English inprovidence.

β. late Middle English–1500s improuydence, 1500s–1600s improuidence, 1600s– improvidence.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French improvidence; Latin improvidentia.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French improvidence (a1440; rare before the mid 16th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin improvidentia lack of foresight, rashness (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin im- im- prefix² + prōvidentia providence n. Compare Spanish improvidencia (early 15th cent.), Italian improvvidenza (13th cent.).With the α. forms compare in- prefix⁴.

The fact or quality of being improvident; lack of foresight or regard for the future; recklessness; thriftlessness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun] > lack of foresight

improvidencec1450

improvidency1542

improvision1646

foresightlessness1880

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

fool-largessec1405

fool-largec1450

improvidencec1450

wastry1645

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

thriftlessness1817

hand-to-mouth1835

spendthriftism1862

imprevision1883

banging1897

spendthriftiness1950

grasshoppering1956

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > lack of thrift > for the future

improvidencec1450

impresciencea1859

c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 2713 (MED) Be oon insight deme no man to soone..ffor hasty demyng where men haue to doone, Of inprovidence is evident signe.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 647 (MED) Wrong, Rauyne, Sturdy Vyolence, False Iugement, with Obstynacy, Dysseyte, Dronkenes, and Improuydence.

1594 S. Daniel Cleopatra i. in Delia (new ed.) sig. I4^v My mis-fortune hath procured thine, And my improuidence brought thee so low, To lose thy glory, and to ruine mine.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 323 Malice in other men, or improvidence in my selfe, had ruined my fortune.

1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings iii. 38 His total improvidence in not taking one rational security whatsoever against the inevitable consequences of those acts.

1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 27 Improvidence or treachery had left our shores defenceless.

1885 Cent. Mag. May 92/2 With the improvidence of raw campaigners, we had already, the night before, finished our three days' cooked rations, and were hungry.

1944 Rotarian Mar. 12/1 Indians, cholera, river snags, and the common improvidence of man strewed St. Louis' streets with human tragedies.

1987 W. Percy Thanatos Syndrome (1988) xiv. 261 My mother was a thin, hypertensive woman, perpetually worried by my father's airy improvidence.

2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Sept. a21 State governments, which have often been improvident in their own finances, have turned to the active encouragement of improvidence in citizens as a source of revenue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	improvidence
释义	improvidencen. Brit. /ɪmˈprɒvᵻd(ə)ns/, U.S. /ᵻmˈprɑvəd(ə)ns/ Forms: α. late Middle English inprovidence. β. late Middle English–1500s improuydence, 1500s–1600s improuidence, 1600s– improvidence. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French improvidence; Latin improvidentia. Etymology: < (i) Middle French improvidence (a1440; rare before the mid 16th cent.), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin improvidentia lack of foresight, rashness (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin im- im- prefix² + prōvidentia providence n. Compare Spanish improvidencia (early 15th cent.), Italian improvvidenza (13th cent.).With the α. forms compare in- prefix⁴. The fact or quality of being improvident; lack of foresight or regard for the future; recklessness; thriftlessness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun] > lack of foresight improvidencec1450 improvidency1542 improvision1646 foresightlessness1880 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] overflowingnessOE fool-largessec1405 fool-largec1450 improvidencec1450 wastry1645 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 thriftlessness1817 hand-to-mouth1835 spendthriftism1862 imprevision1883 banging1897 spendthriftiness1950 grasshoppering1956 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > lack of thrift > for the future improvidencec1450 impresciencea1859 c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 2713 (MED) Be oon insight deme no man to soone..ffor hasty demyng where men haue to doone, Of inprovidence is evident signe. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 647 (MED) Wrong, Rauyne, Sturdy Vyolence, False Iugement, with Obstynacy, Dysseyte, Dronkenes, and Improuydence. 1594 S. Daniel Cleopatra i. in Delia (new ed.) sig. I4^v My mis-fortune hath procured thine, And my improuidence brought thee so low, To lose thy glory, and to ruine mine. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 323 Malice in other men, or improvidence in my selfe, had ruined my fortune. 1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings iii. 38 His total improvidence in not taking one rational security whatsoever against the inevitable consequences of those acts. 1833 H. Coleridge Biographia Borealis 27 Improvidence or treachery had left our shores defenceless. 1885 Cent. Mag. May 92/2 With the improvidence of raw campaigners, we had already, the night before, finished our three days' cooked rations, and were hungry. 1944 Rotarian Mar. 12/1 Indians, cholera, river snags, and the common improvidence of man strewed St. Louis' streets with human tragedies. 1987 W. Percy Thanatos Syndrome (1988) xiv. 261 My mother was a thin, hypertensive woman, perpetually worried by my father's airy improvidence. 2013 Washington Post (Nexis) 20 Sept. a21 State governments, which have often been improvident in their own finances, have turned to the active encouragement of improvidence in citizens as a source of revenue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1450
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