different between unwisdom vs idiocy

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.

English

Alternative forms

• idiotcy (archaic)

Etymology

From French idiotie, from Old French idiot. Displaced earlier idiotacy, idiotry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??di.?si/

Noun

idiocy (countable and uncountable, plural idiocies)

1. (dated, psychology, now derogatory) The state or condition of being an idiot; the quality of having an intelligence level far below average; mental retardation; intellectual disability.
2. An act lacking intelligence or sense; an instance of senselessness; extremely foolish behaviour.

Synonyms

• imbecility
• stupidity

Related terms

• idiot
• idiotic
• idiotically
• idiocracy

Translations

References

• idiocy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dioicy