unwisdomn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪzdəm/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɪzdəm/ 1. Lack or absence of wisdom; ignorance, folly, stupidity.In very frequent use till c1390, and (as a new formation) from c1843, when its currency was due to, or stimulated by, Carlyle. There is lack of evidence from 1612 to 1832.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [noun]
unwisdomc825
nutelnessa1200
ignorance?c1225
uncunningc1290
uncunnessa1300
unwittingnessa1300
unknowledging1357
lewdness1362
unsciencec1374
mislearninga1382
simplenessa1382
unknowinga1382
ignorancec1384
unwittingc1384
simplessec1391
rudenessc1400
unweeting14..
lewdhead1401
misknowing?a1425
simplicityc1450
unknowledge1470
discognisancec1475
unknowingness1486
non-knowledge1503
ignorancy1526
simplehead1543
unlearnedness1555
ignoration1563
rusticity1571
ignorantness1574
ignoring1578
inscience1578
ignoramus1583
ingramness1589
lack-learning1590
idiotism1598
ignoramus1598
idiocy1605
nesciencea1625
nescio1637
inerudition1685
unawareness1847
agnosia1879
moronism1922
cluelessness1960
c825 Vesp. Psalter xxi. 3 God min ic cleopiu..on naeht & nales to unwisdome me.
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xlix. 375 Ða ðe unmedome bioð to ðære lare oððe for gioguðe oððe for unwisdome.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 203 Bihold i..Þi saule oðer twa [things]. sunne & ignorance. þet [is] vnwisdom & unweotenesse.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1690 We habbet idon unwisdom [c1300 Otho onwisdom]. þat we mine fader habbet vnder-fon mid þirtti cnihten.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxxvii. 5 Stanke and roten mine erres er ma, Fra face of mine vnwisdome swa.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xv. 14 The mouth of foolis is fed with vnwisdam.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 150 Schamed of her folie and of her vnwisdom and pride.
a1470 Dives & Pauper (1493) vi. x. s vi/1 Woman lowede hir and knowlegide hir vnwisedom and hir foly.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii All we..may saye by lamentable complaynt of our vnwysdome vnto him, Ah domine si fuisses hic.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 117 For and ȝe do, ȝe ar abill to tak Throw sic wnwisdome..greit skayth.
1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) iii. 13 Forsooth vnwisedome is,..which is plenteous in euill.
2. With a, etc.:
a. An instance of folly or ignorance; an unwise act.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun] > action, behaviour > instance of
unwitc1175
foliota1250
follyc1300
unwisdom1303
foolishness?1506
fooling?1545
foppery1546
foolery1562
filly-folly1565
impertinency1588
impertinence1603
silliness1624
idiotism1647
noddary1647
fondness1653
ineptitude1656
sottise1673
insipidity1822
bêtise1827
foolishment1871
jackassery1873
funny business1882
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5046 A grete vnwysdom for soþe hyt ys.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets vii. 42 Is..the fruit of an unwisdom doubtful?
1855 C. Kingsley Sir W. Raleigh in Misc. (1860) I. 8 A learned statement of facts in answer to some unwisdom of a Quarterly reviewer.
1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 98 It has been pronounced an unwisdom in any one to write in a dramatic form, unless [etc.].
b. An unwise Power or Being.Apparently an isolated use.
ΚΠ
1839 T. Carlyle Chartism v. 42 A world understood always to be made and governed by a Providence and Wisdom, not by an Unwisdom.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [noun]
unwisdomc825
unredeeOE
egedec1175
unwitc1175
unwisdomnessa1200
dusileca1225
dusischipa1225
folly?c1225
kangschipe?c1225
unwitshipa1250
unwisenessa1340
cornardy1340
unwithead1340
lewdness1362
nicetyc1380
sotie1390
folitya1400
follinessa1400
foolheada1400
insipiencec1422
fondnessa1425
wanwita1425
cocardyc1430
foltry1440
jopperyc1440
folliheada1450
fonning?a1475
niceheada1475
foltheadc1475
folabilitya1529
daftness1552
foolageness1563
foppery1592
guckry1596
senselessness1606
coxcombry1608
goosery1642
ineptitude1656
fopicalness1660
fopperishness1683
insagacity1808
spoonery1824
spooniness1824
noodleism1830
addle-headedness1835
foolishment1852
insapiency1876
ineptness1877
goosiness1888
inepticality1923
sappiness1943
gormlessness1958
a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 39 (MED) Ðe unwreste herde sit on unwisdomnesse, for he ne can is orf gemen.
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- to listen for, after
- to listen forth, out
- to listen good
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