Middle English Dictionary Entry
imprūdence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | imprūdence n. |
| Etymology | L imprūdentia & OF imprudence. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The quality of rashness or heedlessness, lack of prudence; also, imprudent conduct; (b) an imprudent act; (c) ineptness of writing.
Associated quotations
a
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)62 : My lustes blynde han causid thee to varie Fro me thurgh my folie & inprudence.
- c1425 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Petw 7)I.391 : Ther is Inobedience..arrogance, Imprudence [vr. Inprudence].
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)266 : Þerynne falliþ noon indiscrecioun neiþer noon imprudence but verri discrecioun and prudence.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4623 : Þe fool large, of his imprudence, Of his dispenses is to dislauee And yeueth there as oghte naght to be.
b
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4926 : If your conseil..Vnto þe knowlech..Of your foos comen be, þan lat it slake..ffor execute it were and [read: an] inprudence.
c
- (1445) ?Bokenham Claudian CS (Add 11814)255/4 : Prey god entierly to be thi goode guyde, Thou tretyse voide of lusty eloquence, That the high prince sett not ferre aside Nobil doctryne thurgh thyn imprudence.