Definitions for judicious
dʒuˈdɪʃ əsju·di·cious

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. judicious, wise, headyadjective

   marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

   "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. judiciousadjective

   Having, or characterized by, good judgment or sound thinking

2. Etymology: Based on judicieux, itself based on iudicium.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Judiciousadjective

   of or relating to a court; judicial

2. Judiciousadjective

   directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Judicious

   jōō-dish′us, adj. according to sound judgment: possessing sound judgment: discreet.—adv. Judic′iously.—n. Judic′iousness. [Fr. judicieux—Low L. judiciosus—L. judicium.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. judicious

   1. A state of mind wherein things are weighed in an imponderable scale; a conjunction of two negatives in a void. 2. To be wanting in foolishness, character or brains. 3. An exquisite and delicate perception of the difference between two things that are exactly alike, or the total unlikeness between two things that are absolutely different. 4. An umbrella to be carried on clear days as well as on rainy ones, thus protecting the possessor from everything. 5. To lie flat on your puss while the juggernaut of Opinion goes over you; to stand perfectly still between two streetcars going in opposite directions. 6. To see what's coming and avoid it by taking all sides.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of judicious in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of judicious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of judicious in a Sentence

1. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat:

   Judicious use of water can save India from future calamities.

2. Pierre Charron:

   The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

3. Noel Lozares:

   There are a lot of negative stereotypes associated with chiropractors, i’ve had chiropractor colleagues who have worked on me who are good and judicious. But, unfortunately, there are those who are cavalier.

4. Herman Melville:

   There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,why, they are in the happy condition of judicious, unincumbered travellers in Europe; they cross the frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet-bag,that is to say, the Ego. Whereas those yes-gentry, they travel with heaps of baggage, and, damn them! they will never get through the Custom House.

5. White House:

   It is fair to say that the United States and our coalition partners are being judicious about deciding which individuals to send into the program, clearly, that number is not enough.

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