| 单词 | to have the wit to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have the wit to a. Wisdom, good judgement, discretion, prudence: = sense n. 11. Obsolete except in phrases like to have the wit to, which combines the notions of intelligence and good sense.The phrase in quot. 1604 has become proverbial, though commonly taken in sense 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun] righteousnesseOE snoterc950 witnessc950 wisdomOE insightc1175 witc1175 smeighnessc1200 sleighta1300 witternessa1300 inwitc1305 wittiheadc1315 wisenessc1320 witterheda1325 wisehede1340 slyness1357 sapience1377 wisdomhood138. prudencea1382 sapienta1400 sentencec1400 advice?a1439 sophyc1440 profunditya1500 wittiness1543 Minerva1601 depth1605 Sophia1649 visionariness1817 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > good or sound judgement witc1175 sentencec1400 judgement1536 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3040 Godess sune..Iss..godess word. & godess witt. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9391 Vor wat he aþ Manliche bigonne he it aþ bileued Wommanliche as vor defaute of wit in his heued. a1300 Cursor Mundi 29204 Þe gift o wijt of vnder-standing, O consail, strenght, o gode dreding, O conand-scipe, and o pite. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 285 Þat he ordaind wit his witte He multiplis and gouerns itte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3079 Quen he [sc. Ishmael] was of age and witte A wijf he spused of egipte. c1430 Hymns Virgin (1867) 5 Heil welle of witt and of merci! 1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Dvj As vertue, is contrarie vnto vice, witte vnto folie, manhode, vnto Cowardise. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. Ciiiv When ale is in, wyt is out. When ale is out, wyt is in. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 91 Breuitie is the soule of wit, And tediousnes the lymmes and outward florishes, I will be briefe. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 12 For Lavish grants suppose a Monarch tame, And more his Goodness than his Wit proclaim. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons ii. 18 But, however, they had the Wit to recal him [sc. Aristides]. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 169 But they were taught more Wit to their Cost in Two or Three Days. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xi. 376 One piece of good fortune, of which I had the wit to take advantage. 1926 S. Baldwin in Morning Post 8 Oct. 15/3 Men..who..had formed his Majesty's Government..and who had the wit to understand what the challenge meant. < as lemmas |
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