unwisenessn.
Lack or absence of practical wisdom; foolishness, folly, imprudence.
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
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxviii. 7 God þou wate myn vn~wisnes.
1807 Monthly Mag. 24 331 An unwiseness, which would not be expected from his sagacity.
1859 T. S. Henderson Life E. Henderson iv. 200 The wiseness or un~wiseness of the means he might employ.
1887 A. Elliot Old Man's Favour I. ii. ii. 208 The worthy merchant admitted the unwiseness of that cheque.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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