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wisdom

wis·dom

US/ˈwɪzdəm/ common

noun

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the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

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the quality of being prudent and sensible

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5.

an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

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Origin

From Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīsadōm, from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”), corresponding to wise + -dom. Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom (“wisdom”), West Frisian wiisdom (“wisdom”), Dutch wijsdom (“wisdom”), German Weistum (“legal sentence”), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom (“wisdom”), Icelandic vísdómur (“wisdom”).

Phrases

  • conventional wisdom
  • font of all wisdom
  • fount of all wisdom
  • in one's infinite wisdom
  • lip wisdom
  • pearl of wisdom
  • penny wisdom
  • received wisdom

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