judiciousadj.n.

Brit.

/dʒᵿˈdɪʃəs/, U.S.

/dʒuˈdɪʃəs/

Forms: 1500s–1600s iudicious, 1500s– judicious, 1600s iuditious, 1600s judishous (Scottish), 1600s juditious.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French judicieux.

Etymology: < Middle French judicieux (French judicieux ) (of a person, a person's character, etc.) having or exercising sound judgement (1588; sense A. 2 is not paralleled in French until later than in English: 1647) < classical Latin iūdicium judgement (see judicial adj.) + French -eux -ous suffix. Compare Spanish judicioso (1578), Italian giudizioso (a1472 in sense A. 1, 1554 in sense A. 2). In sense A. 3, which is not paralleled in any of the Romance languages, probably showing a semantic development from sense A. 2, probably partly by association with judicial adj.With the form iuditious compare -itious suffix¹.

A. adj.

1. Of a person, or a person's character, faculties, etc.: having or exercising sound judgement; (in later use) esp. (a) wise in intellectual matters; discerning, discriminating; (b) sensible in practical matters; capable in adapting means to ends; careful, prudent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective]

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redefulc1275

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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement > of persons

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discerning1594

sound1615

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adult1906

1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vii^v I haue heard a friend of mine (one verie iudicious in the bewtie of a woman) say of a Ladie [etc.].

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 82 Being accounted..confident, iudicious, and diligent, although of no great experience.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. ii. 16 But for your Husband, He is Noble, Wise, Iudicious, and best knowes The fits o'th'Season.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 247 It hath beene long agoe well observed by the learned and judicious Hooker.

1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 20 To give honour to this Art of Painting many worthy Gentlemen..are become Iuditious practitioners herein.

1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature iv. 95 The famousest and judiciousest of the ancienter Rabbins.

a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 92 A judicious pilot.

1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 42 One of the most Judicious of Interpreters, the great Grotius.

1762 J. Hall-Stevenson Crazy Tales 53 At ev'ry foul report and crack, That she in agony let fly, He mov'd, and slunk a little back, Like a judicious able spy.

1785 C. Reeve Progress of Romance I. Pref. p. ix My opinions were confirmed, and my arguments strengthened by this learned and judicious writer.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 417 There were men who made the age famous, grave lawyers, judicious historians, wise philosophers.

1842 F. Black Princ. & Pract. Homœopathy i. 5 For such practitionery we know no better advice than that of the judicious Huxham..to peruse the Sixth Commandment.

1874 Food Jrnl. Jan. 479 The ironmongers..sell tin dishes with perforated covers, but the judicious cook will carefully avoid them.

1908 N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. Sept. 485/2 Dr. Beck was and aimed to be rather judicious in the use of a few remedies, than able to overwhelm disease by a multitude of them.

1911 J. U. Higinbotham Three Weeks Brit. Isles viii. 98 Six thousand are Americans, always the most voracious, if not the most judicious, of readers.

1994 Sci. Amer. June 88/1 Very welcome is this book by the most thorough and judicious of physicist-biographers.

2013 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Apr. When the young lord finally goes to him for advice concerning his marital dilemma, Dot is both judicious and canny.

2. Of action, thought, writing, etc.: proceeding from or showing sound judgement; done with or marked by discretion, wisdom, or good sense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective]

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wiseOE

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serious-minded1694

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far-seeing1837

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective] > guided by prudence

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1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 88 A whole army [may] be ranged and ordered by good conductors,..as the iust occasions, and the iudicious intendement of the good commander shall concurre and find conuenient.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 201 This retraite..yet was..iudicious, the place being strong by nature.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 179 I would all..would read that judicious Tract of S^t Henry Spelman.

1695 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 279 To surmount all Dangers..by brave Actions and judicious Councils.

1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. xxiv. 309 He returned..with an instrument drawn up in so judicious a manner, that it required not the least alteration.

1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 481 When we have only one manuscript, there may be scope for fancy; but none for judicious comparison and well-grounded criticism.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 165 A very judicious plan of operations was adopted for the approaching campaign.

1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) iii. 138 A splendid, and very instructive example, of what may be effected, by judicious combinations and arrangements.

1847 D. Quillinan Jrnl. Resid. Portugal II. 38 Such parallels are hardly judicious, for they cannot be well sustained.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xi. 184 As she concluded this judicious remark, she turned to the Miss Gunns.

1904 E. C. Elliott & F. G. Aflalo Fifty Leaders Brit. Sport 29 His many successes with hounds, more perhaps by judicious purchase than actually by breeding.

1939 Greece & Rome 8 188 The present judicious text [of Euripides' Medea] marks a notable advance on all previous editions.

1964 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Feb. 309/3 The judicious application of an electric blanket, on colder nights, helps maintain comfort in the limbs.

1973 Monatshefte 65 214 This volume, thanks to the judicious editing of these scholars, has become the standard text for research and classroom use.

2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 43 Millponds were..constructed, the level of which could be carefully regulated through the judicious use of sluicegates.

†3. Of or relating to the administration of justice; = judicial adj. 1. Obsolete.Quots. 1608 and a1616 could alternatively be taken as showing sense A. 2. Judicial, however, does not occur in Shakespeare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > [adjective]

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1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 67 Iudicious punishment twas this flesh Begot those Pelicane daughters.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X5 Their courts of iustice, their iudicious proceedings.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 126 His last offences to vs Shall haue Iudicious hearing.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 178 To proceede against him by a judicious way.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 104 It is a high point in this Statute, in what maner to rate, tax and assesse by the judicious power of these Laws.

4. Of a person's appearance, manner, voice, etc.: characteristic or reminiscent of a judge; judge-like.

ΚΠ

1679 T. Shadwell True Widow iii. 40 Prig.: I your Chaplain? ha, ha! if my face would but look solid enough for a Divine. L. Cheat.: I warrant you, 'tis a very judicious face, and will be very Parsonical.

1758 ‘Mrs. Richwould’ South Sea Fortune I. viii. 106 Mamma then putting on a most judicious air, give it me, said she.

1854 E. Caroline Young Husband 79/1 ‘I never believe what every body says: every body is a great gossip and story-teller,’ interrupted Admiral Grey in a judicious voice.

1877 F. Jacox Side-lights on Script. Texts xxxix. 342 Her talking she did by means of intelligent acquiescent little looks, graceful little bows, sprightly exclamations, a judicious expression of intense interest in the subject under discussion.

1949 R. Warner Men of Stones ii. ii. 81 Captain Nicholas who, throughout the young man's speech, had, with a very gloomy expression, been eating rapidly and largely, gave him a judicious stare.

2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) vi. 144 Campbell was appropriately judicious in his tone.

B. n.

With the. With plural agreement: people who are judicious (in senses A. 1 and A. 2), as a class.

ΚΠ

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Induct. sig. Biii^v A gallant..Who (to be thought one of the judicious) Sits with his armes thus wreath'd, his hat pul'd here, [etc.] .

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 26 Now this ouer-done..though it makes the vnskilfull laugh, cannot but make the iudicious greeue.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. N8 The two Pyramides which were carved and ingraven by the knife of all the judicious with a Non plus ultra.

1722 Coll. Misc. Lett. Mist's Weekly Jrnl. II. 22 I understand that is exploded as Quackism by the Judicious.

1793 Beawes's Civil Hist. Spain & Portugal I. i. 33 The Judicious will plainly perceive, that nothing is to be collected from their Writings, [etc.].

1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 899/1 The real value of his speech was never at any time misappreciated by the judicious.

1897 Bk. Rev. Nov. 139/1 The agitation will continue, but it is to be hoped that the judicious may learn to ‘take it easy’.

1910 H. A. Vachell Other Side 9 He had told himself that he must look well before he leapt into what the judicious might call a perilous experiment.

1985 A. S. Byatt Still Life xviii. 205 Part of the joy of falling in love—for the intelligent, the watchers, the judicious—is the delicious license to set something above thinking clearly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	judicious
释义	judiciousadj.n. Brit. /dʒᵿˈdɪʃəs/, U.S. /dʒuˈdɪʃəs/ Forms: 1500s–1600s iudicious, 1500s– judicious, 1600s iuditious, 1600s judishous (Scottish), 1600s juditious. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French judicieux. Etymology: < Middle French judicieux (French judicieux ) (of a person, a person's character, etc.) having or exercising sound judgement (1588; sense A. 2 is not paralleled in French until later than in English: 1647) < classical Latin iūdicium judgement (see judicial adj.) + French -eux -ous suffix. Compare Spanish judicioso (1578), Italian giudizioso (a1472 in sense A. 1, 1554 in sense A. 2). In sense A. 3, which is not paralleled in any of the Romance languages, probably showing a semantic development from sense A. 2, probably partly by association with judicial adj.With the form iuditious compare -itious suffix¹. A. adj. 1. Of a person, or a person's character, faculties, etc.: having or exercising sound judgement; (in later use) esp. (a) wise in intellectual matters; discerning, discriminating; (b) sensible in practical matters; capable in adapting means to ends; careful, prudent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] glewc725 wiselyc900 snoterc950 wiseOE keena1000 witterc1100 redewisec1225 redefulc1275 well-donec1275 witfulc1275 sage1297 redya1325 heartya1382 prudenta1382 hearteda1425 subtilea1450 sapient1471 Palladian1562 wittiful1590 judicious1591 cordate1651 sophical1739 sophica1773 sapientious1852 unbesotted1875 sapiential1882 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement > of persons well-judging1587 judicious1591 discerning1594 sound1615 solid1632 well-weighed1645 weighed1647 serious-minded1694 well-hired1828 balanced1836 discriminating1849 adult1906 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶vii^v I haue heard a friend of mine (one verie iudicious in the bewtie of a woman) say of a Ladie [etc.]. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 82 Being accounted..confident, iudicious, and diligent, although of no great experience. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. ii. 16 But for your Husband, He is Noble, Wise, Iudicious, and best knowes The fits o'th'Season. View more context for this quotation 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 247 It hath beene long agoe well observed by the learned and judicious Hooker. 1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 20 To give honour to this Art of Painting many worthy Gentlemen..are become Iuditious practitioners herein. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature iv. 95 The famousest and judiciousest of the ancienter Rabbins. a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 92 A judicious pilot. 1724 A. Collins Disc. Grounds Christian Relig. 42 One of the most Judicious of Interpreters, the great Grotius. 1762 J. Hall-Stevenson Crazy Tales 53 At ev'ry foul report and crack, That she in agony let fly, He mov'd, and slunk a little back, Like a judicious able spy. 1785 C. Reeve Progress of Romance I. Pref. p. ix My opinions were confirmed, and my arguments strengthened by this learned and judicious writer. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 417 There were men who made the age famous, grave lawyers, judicious historians, wise philosophers. 1842 F. Black Princ. & Pract. Homœopathy i. 5 For such practitionery we know no better advice than that of the judicious Huxham..to peruse the Sixth Commandment. 1874 Food Jrnl. Jan. 479 The ironmongers..sell tin dishes with perforated covers, but the judicious cook will carefully avoid them. 1908 N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. Sept. 485/2 Dr. Beck was and aimed to be rather judicious in the use of a few remedies, than able to overwhelm disease by a multitude of them. 1911 J. U. Higinbotham Three Weeks Brit. Isles viii. 98 Six thousand are Americans, always the most voracious, if not the most judicious, of readers. 1994 Sci. Amer. June 88/1 Very welcome is this book by the most thorough and judicious of physicist-biographers. 2013 Guardian (Nexis) 5 Apr. When the young lord finally goes to him for advice concerning his marital dilemma, Dot is both judicious and canny. 2. Of action, thought, writing, etc.: proceeding from or showing sound judgement; done with or marked by discretion, wisdom, or good sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective] warec888 wiseOE adviseda1325 witty1340 prudenta1382 thoughtfula1400 wisea1400 well-advisedc1405 visablea1450 canny1581 judicious1598 serious-minded1694 expedient1828 far-seeing1837 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement stablec1290 ripec1405 judging1546 sound1577 judiciala1586 judicious1598 judgmatical1709 well-judged1717 judgmatic1787 veracious1851 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective] > guided by prudence well-adviseda1425 judicious1598 advisable1638 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 88 A whole army [may] be ranged and ordered by good conductors,..as the iust occasions, and the iudicious intendement of the good commander shall concurre and find conuenient. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 201 This retraite..yet was..iudicious, the place being strong by nature. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 179 I would all..would read that judicious Tract of S^t Henry Spelman. 1695 W. Temple Introd. Hist. Eng. 279 To surmount all Dangers..by brave Actions and judicious Councils. 1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless IV. xxiv. 309 He returned..with an instrument drawn up in so judicious a manner, that it required not the least alteration. 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 481 When we have only one manuscript, there may be scope for fancy; but none for judicious comparison and well-grounded criticism. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 165 A very judicious plan of operations was adopted for the approaching campaign. 1832 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 2) iii. 138 A splendid, and very instructive example, of what may be effected, by judicious combinations and arrangements. 1847 D. Quillinan Jrnl. Resid. Portugal II. 38 Such parallels are hardly judicious, for they cannot be well sustained. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xi. 184 As she concluded this judicious remark, she turned to the Miss Gunns. 1904 E. C. Elliott & F. G. Aflalo Fifty Leaders Brit. Sport 29 His many successes with hounds, more perhaps by judicious purchase than actually by breeding. 1939 Greece & Rome 8 188 The present judicious text [of Euripides' Medea] marks a notable advance on all previous editions. 1964 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Feb. 309/3 The judicious application of an electric blanket, on colder nights, helps maintain comfort in the limbs. 1973 Monatshefte 65 214 This volume, thanks to the judicious editing of these scholars, has become the standard text for research and classroom use. 2008 U. McGovern Lost Crafts (2009) 43 Millponds were..constructed, the level of which could be carefully regulated through the judicious use of sluicegates. †3. Of or relating to the administration of justice; = judicial adj. 1. Obsolete.Quots. 1608 and a1616 could alternatively be taken as showing sense A. 2. Judicial, however, does not occur in Shakespeare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [adjective] judiciala1325 justicial1477 juridical1502 judicative1527 justiciary1581 judicious1608 jural1635 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xi. 67 Iudicious punishment twas this flesh Begot those Pelicane daughters. View more context for this quotation 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X5 Their courts of iustice, their iudicious proceedings. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 126 His last offences to vs Shall haue Iudicious hearing. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 178 To proceede against him by a judicious way. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 104 It is a high point in this Statute, in what maner to rate, tax and assesse by the judicious power of these Laws. 4. Of a person's appearance, manner, voice, etc.: characteristic or reminiscent of a judge; judge-like. ΚΠ 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow iii. 40 Prig.: I your Chaplain? ha, ha! if my face would but look solid enough for a Divine. L. Cheat.: I warrant you, 'tis a very judicious face, and will be very Parsonical. 1758 ‘Mrs. Richwould’ South Sea Fortune I. viii. 106 Mamma then putting on a most judicious air, give it me, said she. 1854 E. Caroline Young Husband 79/1 ‘I never believe what every body says: every body is a great gossip and story-teller,’ interrupted Admiral Grey in a judicious voice. 1877 F. Jacox Side-lights on Script. Texts xxxix. 342 Her talking she did by means of intelligent acquiescent little looks, graceful little bows, sprightly exclamations, a judicious expression of intense interest in the subject under discussion. 1949 R. Warner Men of Stones ii. ii. 81 Captain Nicholas who, throughout the young man's speech, had, with a very gloomy expression, been eating rapidly and largely, gave him a judicious stare. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) vi. 144 Campbell was appropriately judicious in his tone. B. n. With the. With plural agreement: people who are judicious (in senses A. 1 and A. 2), as a class. ΚΠ 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Induct. sig. Biii^v A gallant..Who (to be thought one of the judicious) Sits with his armes thus wreath'd, his hat pul'd here, [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 26 Now this ouer-done..though it makes the vnskilfull laugh, cannot but make the iudicious greeue. View more context for this quotation 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. N8 The two Pyramides which were carved and ingraven by the knife of all the judicious with a Non plus ultra. 1722 Coll. Misc. Lett. Mist's Weekly Jrnl. II. 22 I understand that is exploded as Quackism by the Judicious. 1793 Beawes's Civil Hist. Spain & Portugal I. i. 33 The Judicious will plainly perceive, that nothing is to be collected from their Writings, [etc.]. 1828 T. De Quincey Elements Rhetoric in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 899/1 The real value of his speech was never at any time misappreciated by the judicious. 1897 Bk. Rev. Nov. 139/1 The agitation will continue, but it is to be hoped that the judicious may learn to ‘take it easy’. 1910 H. A. Vachell Other Side 9 He had told himself that he must look well before he leapt into what the judicious might call a perilous experiment. 1985 A. S. Byatt Still Life xviii. 205 Part of the joy of falling in love—for the intelligent, the watchers, the judicious—is the delicious license to set something above thinking clearly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1591
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