different between unwisdom vs lunacy
unwisdom
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)
- 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)
- idiocy, stupidity
- (rare) mistake, blunder
Descendants
- English: unwisdom
References
- “unw??sd???m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
unwisdom From the web:
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lunacy
English
Etymology
From lunatic +? -cy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /, /?lju?.n?.si/
- (US) IPA(key): /?lu?.n?.si /
Noun
lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)
- (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
- a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
- insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
- Something deeply misguided.
Synonyms
- (state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze
Translations
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