wisehood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

wisehood (uncountable)

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