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Latin
Etymology
From in- + prōvidus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
imprōvidus (feminine imprōvida, neuter imprōvidum); first/second-declension adjective
- not looking before
- improvident
- sudden
- unsuspecting, blinded
- unprepared
Vergil,
Aeneis II, 200:
- Hīc aliud maius miserīs multōque tremendum obicitur magis atque imprōvida pectora turbat.
- Then something greater and more terrible befalls us wretches, and stirs our unsuspecting souls.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “improvidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers