释义 |
wisdom /wizˈdəm/ noun- The quality of being wise
- Judgement
- The ability to make right use of knowledge
- Prudence, common sense
- Learning, knowledge
- The weight of informed opinion
- A wise discourse, saying or teaching, or wise sayings generally (archaic)
- Skilfulness, speculation, spiritual perception (Bible)
- Sanity (Shakespeare)
- (with cap) the Apocryphal Book of the Wisdom of Solomon
- (with cap) Jesus Christ (theology)
ORIGIN: OE wīsdōm; from wise and -dom Wisdom literature noun - Writings of the ancient Middle East which consist of philosophical reflections on life or maxims and precepts about the right conduct of one's life
- Jewish pre-Christian literature of this type as contained in the Book of Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, and certain Psalms, to which list some add the New Testament Epistle of James
wisdom tooth noun Any of four double back teeth cut after childhood, usu from the late teens in his, her, etc wisdom (ironic) For reasons best known to himself, herself, etc |