单词 | wise old man |
释义 | > as lemmaswise old man (a) Having or exercising sound judgement or discernment; capable of judging truly concerning what is right or fitting, and disposed to act accordingly; having the ability to perceive and adopt the best means for accomplishing an end; characterized by good sense and prudence. Opposed to foolish. (See also wise man n. 1.) Also in wise old man; spec. = wise man n. 4.In Middle English often in collocation with ware adj. 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 > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adjective] wiseOE deada1592 sure-footed1633 inerring1661 unerring1679 safe1788 errorless1856 inerroneous1880 error-free1927 OE Beowulf 1845 Mægenes strang, and on mode frod, wis wordcwida! c1000 Rule of Chrodegang liv Preostas sceolon gemunan þæt hig ne synt..wisran þonne Salomon. a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 656 Theodorus, swiðe god man & wis. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 72 Salomon þe wise. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 192 He is wis and war of worde. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3142 Heo wes swiðe wis of wordliche dome. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 5388 King alfred was wisost king þat longe was biuore. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 311 A Sergeaunt of lawe waar and wys. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 68 Thogh þt he weere worthy he was wys. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 113 In meet & drynke be þow scars & wisse. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 526/1 Wyce, in werkynge and ware.., discretus, providus. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 327 The vis king, that ves vicht and bald. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 As wis woman ay I wrought and not as wod fule. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 78 And quha can reive vthir menis rowmis..Is now ane active man, and wyice. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. QQviiv We shulde also be wele ware or wyse, as is the serpent. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxv. f. xxxvv Fyve of them were folysshe, and fyve were wyse. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1463 A man witty & wise, wight, wildist in armes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. iii. 156 Claudio And she is exceeding wise. Prince In euery thing but in louing Benedicke. View more context for this quotation 1639 J. Taylor Part Summers Trav. 42 To tempt and draw the wisest men to folly. a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. v. 37 That man must daily wiser grow, Whose search is bent himself to know. 1798 R. Southey Well of St. Keyne 51 She had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to Church. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend II. i. 23 The first duty of a wise advocate is to convince his opponents, that he understands their arguments and sympathizes with their just feelings. 1872 Ld. Tennyson In Children's Hospital vi ‘If I,’ said the wise little Annie, ‘was you, I should cry to the dear Lord Jesus to help me.’ 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xiv. 383 The wisest of all the sons of men before the Incarnation of the Son of God was Solomon, king of Israel. 1940 S. Dell tr. C. G. Jung Integr. Personality (1941) iii. 88 The three archetypes so far mentioned—the shadow, the anima, and the wise old man—are of the kind immediately experienced in personified form. 1956 R. F. C. Hull tr. C. G. Jung Symbols of Transformation in Coll. Wks. V. ii. vii. 332 The archetype of the wise old man first appears in the father, being a personification of meaning and spirit in its procreative sense. 1961 G. Adler Living Symbol xvii. 397 The more remote and more powerful figure of the ‘wise old man’ represents a further step..to a higher and more comprehensive wisdom. 1968 A. Whitney Every Man has his Price viii. 61 Now he was a wise old man, greatly feared, much respected. 1975 D. Daniell Interpreter's House iii. 60 There is a Wise Old Man..blind and of immense strength who..blesses John Burnet. 1977 M. Green Children of Sun (rev. ed.) i. 36 A whole movement focuses passionate values..on them [sc. young men]—as opposed to focusing them on the wise old man. < as lemmas |
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