单词 | prudentiality |
释义 | prudentialityn. The quality of being prudential; prudential nature, character, or practice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence warshipc888 discretion1340 prudence1340 vesynessc1425 advisivenessa1450 prudencya1456 vertynessc1485 discreetness1530 take-heed1596 canniness1638 prudentiality1646 considerateness1651 prudentialness1659 prudentnessc1661 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 9 Being uncapable of operable circumstances, or rightly to judge the prudenciality of affairs. View more context for this quotation ?1769 C. H. Wilmot tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. ii. v. 120 They..thought him possessed of prudentiality adequate to his valour. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 103 Being more personal and subjective than episcopal prudentiality would allow, at least in public worship. 1889 J. Simms Physiognomy Illustr. (ed. 9) 234 (heading) Prudentiality. Wisdom applied to practice. 1976 MLN 91 1204 Next he encounters Parson Adams, who is at the other extreme of prudentiality from Lady Booby. 1993 J. Shaw European Community Law iii. 51 The Court of Auditors, which ensures financial discipline and prudentiality within the Community. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646 |
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