wisdom

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.

   Wiſdom…is to a man an infinite Treaſure, for ſhe is the Breath of the Power of God, and a pure Influence that floweth from the Glory of the Almighty; ſhe is the Brightneſs of Eternal Light, and an undefiled Mirror of the Majeſty of God, and an Image of his Goodneſs; ſhe teacheth us Soberneſs and Prudence, Righteouſneſs and Strength; ſhe underſtands the Subtilty of words, and Solution of dark ſentences; ſhe foreknoweth Signs and Wonders, and what ſhall happen in time to come.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of wombats.

   It would also be difficult to get to the bottom line accurately if a wisdom of wombats ate your working papers. Both scenarios are equal in probability.

3. 3
   noun

   A group of owls.

   What he expected to find I cannot imagine , unless it was a wisdom of owls. What he did see and hear were telephones ringing, assistants answering them, getting up from their seats to take a book or a card from a file, returning[…]

4. 4
   noun

   Ellipsis of wisdom tooth.

   HAVING MY WISDOMS REMOVED

5. 5
   noun

   the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

6. 6
   noun

   the quality of being prudent and sensible

7. 7
   noun

   ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

8. 8
   noun

   accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

Etymology

From Middle English wisdom, from Old English wīsdōm (“wisdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīsadōm, from Proto-Germanic *wīsadōmaz (“wisdom”), corresponding to wise + -dom. Cognate with Scots wisdom, wysdom (“wisdom”), West Frisian wiisdom (“wisdom”), Dutch wijsdom (“wisdom”), German Weistum (“legal sentence”), Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom (“wisdom”), Icelandic vísdómur (“wisdom”).