单词 | unprudence |
释义 | † unprudencen. Obsolete. Lack of prudence; = imprudence n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > imprudence indiscretionc1340 unprudencea1382 undiscretiona1395 unadvisednessc1449 unadvisement1526 imprudence?1541 undiscreetness1542 imprudency1576 indiscreetness1658 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xiv. 8 The vnprudence [L. inprudentia] of foolis [is] erring. ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 371 (MED) Þere is also longe perseueraunce wiþ prudence, which gouerneþ not his cytee wiþ vnprudence, but wiþ greet prudence & wakir kepinge. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xvi. 193 I drede þat sum thing be done by vnprudence or folie of my pepill. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 239 Whether you shall become poor by..luxuriousnesse, unprudence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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