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wiseness

wiseness noun: the state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.

Noun

wiseness (usually uncountable, plural wisenesses)

  1. (usually) The state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.
    • Yet have I something in me dangerous,
      Which let thy wiseness fear.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

wiseness meaning in Urdu and Malayalam

wiseness in Urdu

عقلمندی, حکمت, خرد مندی, سمجھ داری, سیانا پن

wiseness in Malayalam

wiseness; wisdom
വിവേകം vivēkaṁ

Forms of wiseness

pluralwisenesses

Origin of wiseness

From Middle English wisnesse, from Old English wīsnes (“teaching, wisdom”), equivalent to wise + -ness.

Questions about wiseness

What does wiseness mean?
Wiseness means the state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.
What is wiseness in Urdu?
Wiseness in Urdu is عقلمندی, حکمت, خرد مندی. See Wiseness meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is wiseness?
Wiseness is a noun.
What is the plural of wiseness?
The plural of wiseness is wisenesses.

Words near wiseness in the dictionary

  1. Wisenbaker
  2. Wisenbakers
  3. wisened
  4. Wisener
  5. Wiseners
  6. wiseness
  7. wisenesses
  8. wisenheimer
  9. wisenheimers
  10. wisening
  11. wisens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wiseness (page history and authors); wiseness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിവേകം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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