kaukaa viisas

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Finnish

Etymology

From kaukaa (from afar) and viisas (wise).

Adjective

kaukaa viisas

  1. prescient, having foresight
    • 1954 Väinö Linna Tuntematon sotilas (opening line):
      Niin kuin hyvin tiedetään, on Jumala kaikkivaltias, kaikkitietävä ja kaukaa viisas.
      As is well known, God is all-powerful, all-knowing and prescient.
    • 2017, Riitta Kylämpää, Pentti Linkola – Ihminen ja legenda, →ISBN:
      Kaarlo Linkola oli ollut kaukaa viisas ja ottanut puolisoaan lähes 20 vuotta vanhempana ison henkivakuutuksen
      Kaarlo Linkola had had the foresight, as someone 20 years his wife's senior, to buy a hefty life insurance policy

Declension

Possessive forms of kaukaa viisas (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.