different between absurdity vs unwisdom

English

Etymology

First attested around 1472. From Middle English absurdite, then from either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas (“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus +? -itas (“quality, state, degree”). Equivalent to absurd +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?s??d.?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s?d.?.ti/, /æb?z?d.?.ti/, /?b?s?d.?.ti/, /?b?z?d.?.ti/

Noun

absurdity (countable and uncountable, plural absurdities)

1. (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction. [First attested in the late 15^th century.]
2. (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]
3. (obsolete, rare) Dissonance. [Attested from around 1350 to 1470 until the late 17^th century.]

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English unwisdom, from Old English unw?sd?m, corresponding to un- +? wisdom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?w?zd?m/

Noun

unwisdom (countable and uncountable, plural unwisdoms)

1. Lack of wisdom; unwise conduct or action [from 9th c.]

   Synonyms: ignorance, stupidity

   • 1856-1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada

     In possession of this, he could either convince his mistress of her own unwisdom, or satisfy himself that she was right

   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic 2011, p. 151:

     Reporting from Vietnam in 1945, he may have been the first person to assert the extreme unwisdom of trying to restore French colonialism with British troops.

Translations

References

• “unwisdom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• onwisdom, onwysdam, unwisdam, unwisdome, unwijsdam, unwijsdom, unwysdom, unwysedom

Etymology

From Old English unw?sd?m; equivalent to un- +? wisdom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /un?wizdo?m/, /un?wi?zdo?m/, /-am/

Noun

unwisdom (uncountable)

1. idiocy, stupidity
2. (rare) mistake, blunder

Descendants

• English: unwisdom

References

• “unw??sd???m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.