unwisdom

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English unwisdom (“lack of wisdom, foolishness; an instance of this”), from Old English unwīsdōm, from un- (prefix denoting absence or negation of something) + wīsdōm (“wisdom”) (from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wise judgment, wisdom”), from *wīsaz (“knowledgeable, wise”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know; to see”)) + *-dōmaz (suffix forming nouns denoting the condition or state of [the suffixed word]) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to place, put”))). The word was apparently obsolete in the 18th century, but was revived from the 19th century and possibly popularized by its use in the works of the Scottish author and philosopher Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881): see the quotations. By surface analysis, un- (prefix denoting a lack of something) +‎ wisdom. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪzdəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈwɪzdəm/ Rhymes: -ɪzdəm Hyphenation: un‧wis‧dom === Noun === unwisdom (countable and uncountable, plural unwisdoms) (uncountable) Lack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness. [from Old English] Synonyms: ignorance, stupidity Antonyms: wisdom; see also Thesaurus:wisdom (countable) An instance of a lack of wisdom; a foolish act. (rare) A foolish or unwise being or force. ==== Related terms ==== unwise wisdom wise ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === foolishness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Alternative forms === onwisdom, onwysdam, unwisdam, unwisdome, unwijsdam, unwijsdom, unwysdom, unwysedom === Etymology === From Old English unwīsdōm; equivalent to un- +‎ wisdom. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /unˈwizdoːm/, /unˈwiːzdoːm/, /-am/ === Noun === unwisdom (uncountable) idiocy, stupidity (rare) mistake, blunder ==== Descendants ==== English: unwisdom ==== References ==== “unwī̆sdọ̄̆m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ wīsdōm. === Noun === unwīsdōm m foolishness, stupidity, ignorance ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “un-wísdóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.