Emily Dickinson Lexicon

JU-DI'CIOUS, a. [Fr. judicieux; It. giudicioso.]

1. According to sound judgment; wise; prudent; rational; adapted to obtain a good end by the best means; used of things. Nothing is more important to success it the world than a judicious application of time, unless it may be a judicious expenditure of money.
2. Acting according to sound judgment; possessing sound, judgment; wise; directed by reason and wisdom; used of persons as, a judicious magistrate; a judicious historian.