FromLatinprudentia +-al.
prudential (comparativemoreprudential,superlativemostprudential)
- Characterised by the use ofprudence; arising from carefulthought ordeliberation.[from 15th c.]
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala,The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published2013, page206:Matrimony had always been a matter ofprudential calculation.
- Of a person: exercisingprudence;cautious.[from 17th c.]
- Advisory; superintending or executive.
aprudential committee
prudential (pluralprudentials)
- (archaic, chiefly in theplural) A matter requiring prudence.
1853, George Godfrey Cunningham,A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, volume 2, page426:I believe few men knew more of the art of policy and self-interestedprudentials, but never man so little practised them.
