different between folly vs unwisdom

English

Etymology

From Old French folie (“madness”), from the adjective fol (“mad, insane”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?li/
• Rhymes: -?li
• Hyphenation: fol?ly

Noun

folly (plural follies)

1. Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

2. Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.

3. (architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

Related terms

• fool
• foolery
• foolish

Translations

Further reading

• folly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• folyl

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.