Dictionary

resourcefulness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English resourceful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English resourcefulness From resourceful + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.
   • Again he reflected on the efficiency of these people and the ingenuity of the equipment they used. Had M underestimated their resourcefulness? 1953, Ian Fleming, “The Crawling of the Skin”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 112:

Forms

Translations (26)

tr beceriklilik (the ability to cope with situations) · fr débrouillardise (the ability to cope with situations) · he תושייה (the ability to cope with situations) · af vindingrykheid (the ability to cope with situations) · pt engenhosidade (the ability to cope with situations) · ru изобрета́тельность (the ability to cope with situations) · el ευρηματικότητα (the ability to cope with situations) · ru нахо́дчивость (the ability to cope with situations) · tr cerbeze (the ability to cope with situations) · mk снаодливост (the ability to cope with situations) · eo inventemo (the ability to cope with situations) · mk досетливост (the ability to cope with situations) · nb oppfinnsomhet (the ability to cope with situations) · es ingenio (the ability to cope with situations) · ru изворо́тливость (the ability to cope with situations) · el επινοητικότητα (the ability to cope with situations) · sk vynaliezavosť (the ability to cope with situations) · es inventiva (the ability to cope with situations) · pl zaradność (the ability to cope with situations) · fi neuvokkuus (the ability to cope with situations) · nl vindingrijkheid (the ability to cope with situations) · de Genialität (the ability to cope with situations) · it ingegnosità (the ability to cope with situations) · la ingeniositas (the ability to cope with situations) · de Findigkeit (the ability to cope with situations) · de Einfallsreichtum (the ability to cope with situations)