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wisehood

wisehood noun: the state, quality, or condition of being wise; wisdom.

Noun

wisehood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state, quality, or condition of being wise; wisdom.
    • In two fliort words all wisehood's understood; […]1783, A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments
    • "[…] Is counsel perished from the prudent ? — hath their wisehood vanished?"1853, David Hoffman, Chronicles selected from the originals of Cartaphilus

Origin of wisehood

From Middle English *wishode, wishede (“wisdom”), equivalent to wise + -hood. Cognate with Dutch wijsheid (“wisdom”), German Weisheit (“wisdom”).

Questions about wisehood

What does wisehood mean?
Wisehood means the state, quality, or condition of being wise; wisdom.
What part of speech is wisehood?
Wisehood is a noun.

Words near wisehood in the dictionary

  1. wisehead
  2. wiseheads
  3. wisehearted
  4. wiseheimer
  5. wiseheimers
  6. wisehood
  7. Wiseleigh
  8. Wiseley
  9. Wiseleys
  10. wiselier
  11. wiseliest

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