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English
Etymology
From Middle English wisnesse, from Old English wīsnes (“teaching, wisdom”), equivalent to wise + -ness.
Noun
wiseness (usually uncountable, plural wisenesses)
- The state, quality, or measure of being wise; wisdom.
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Yet have I something in me dangerous,
Which let thy wiseness fear.
Translations
the quality of being wise