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Unwisdom(e, Wnwisdome, n. [ME and e.m.E. unwisdom (Layamon), OE unwísdóm; Wisdom(e n.] Lack of judgment or sense; folly, stupidity. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Cor. xi 1.
I wald that ye wald suffir a litil thing of my vnwisdom [W. vnwysdom; L. insipientiæ], bot alsa support ye me c1520-c1535 Nisbet 2 Tim. iii 9.
Bot ferthir thai sal nocht proffite, for the vnwisdome of thame salbe knawne to almenn 1535 Stewart 23643.
For and ȝe do, ȝe ar abill to tak Throw sic wnwisdome baith greit skayth and lak 1535 Stewart 10675.
And so for dred, and greit vnwisdome baith, Tha lang still [la] and did bot litill skaith