wiseとは

語源 1

From Middle English wis, wys, from 古期英語 wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-. Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Norwegian and Swedish vis. Compare wit.

形容詞

wise (comparative wiser または more wise, superlative wisest または most wise)

1. Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

   Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.

   They were considered the wise old men of the administration.

   "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus

2. (colloquial, ironic) Disrespectful.

   Don't get wise with me!

3. (colloquial) Aware, informed.

   Be careful, the boss is wise.

使用する際の注意点

• Objects: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, adage, proverb etc.
• even though wise is an antonym of foolish, it does not mean smart or intelligent, both of which are antonyms of foolish.

同意語

• For semantic relationships of this term, see wise in the Thesaurus.

反意語

• unwise
• foolish

派生語

動詞

wise (三人称単数 現在形 wises, 現在分詞 wising, 過去形および過去分詞形 wised)

1. To become wise.
2. (ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

   Mo wised him up about his situation.

   After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.

語源 2

From 古期英語 wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Cognate with Dutch wijze, German Weise, Norwegian vis, Swedish visa, vis, Italian guisa, Spanish guisa. Compare -wise.

名詞

wise (複数形 wises)

1. (archaic) Way, manner, method.
   • 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Fox

     In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox.

   • 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Burden of Nineveh, lines 2-5

     ... the prize

     Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —

     Her Art for ever in fresh wise

     From hour to hour rejoicing me.

   • 1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Life, lines 28-30

     A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;

     The token of him being upon this wise

     Made for a sign of Lust.

   • 1926, J. S. Fletcher, Sea Fog, page 308

     And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.

派生語

• -wise

語源 3

From Middle English wisen (“to advise, direct”), from 古期英語 wisian (“to show the way, guide, direct”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaną, *wīsijaną (“to show the way, dispense knowledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Dutch wijzen (“to indicate, point out”), German weisen (“to show, indicate”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål vise (“to show”), Norwegian Nynorsk visa (“to show”).

動詞

wise (三人称単数 現在形 wises, 現在分詞 wising, 過去形および過去分詞形 wised)

1. (dialectal) to instruct
2. (dialectal) to advise; induce
3. (dialectal) to show the way, guide
4. (dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot
5. (dialectal) to cause to turn

発音

• IPA^(key): /waɪz/

接尾辞

-wise

1. in the direction or orientation of

   The gaoler slowly turned the key clockwise.

2. in the manner of
3. in the matter of; with regard to

   This morning looks promising, weather-wise.

   • 1919, Saki, ‘The Penance’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 423:

     They had parents in India—that much Octavian had learned in the neighbourhood; the children, beyond grouping themselves garment-wise into sexes, a girl and two boys, carried their life-story no further on his behoof.

4. One (thing) at a time

   Add the reagent dropwise to the solution.

使用する際の注意点

• The suffix -wise is particularly productive in Indian English. See for example classwise, datewise, subjectwise.

派生語

関連する語

• -way, -ways

語源

From wīse (“manner, way, condition, direction”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /wiːze/

接尾辞

-wīse f

1. (noun suffix) state of, manner of, condition; direction

   rihtwīse "righteousness, justice", from riht "just, right"

   cnihtwīse "boyishness", from cniht "boy, youth"

   cynewīse "commonwealth, state", from cyne "public, nation, kindred"

   lēoþwīse "poetry, verse", from lēoþ "song, tune, poem"

   bēagwīse "sphere, circular form", from bēag "ring, hoop, circle"

2. (noun suffix) the custom or fashion of

   mynsterwīse "monastic custom", from mynster "minister"

   fierdwīse, fyrdwīse "military style", from fierd, fyrd "militia"

3. (adverbial suffix) in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of

   hysewīse "like a young man", from hyse "son, youth"

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