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English
Etymology
From Middle English *wishode, wishede (“wisdom”), equivalent to wise + -hood. Cognate with Dutch wijsheid (“wisdom”), German Weisheit (“wisdom”).
Noun
wisehood (uncountable)
- (rare) The state, quality, or condition of being wise; wisdom.
- 1783, A collection of the most esteemed farces and entertainments:
- In two fliort words all wisehood's understood;
1853, David Hoffman, Chronicles selected from the originals of Cartaphilus:" […] Is counsel perished from the prudent ? — hath their wisehood vanished?"