Judicious means showing good sense in making decisions. A judicious choice, judicious use of resources, judicious editing.
It is about restraint as much as wisdom, so judicious use of something means using less of it well. It is a different word from judicial, which means to do with courts and judges.
1adjectivejudiciousShowing good sense in making decisions.
“With judicious planning, we managed to see all the main sights in two days.”
judicious is a quality.
French judicieux comes from Latin judicium, judgement, from judex, a judge.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂yew-
Latin
iudico
French
judicieux
English, today
judicious
From French judicieux, ultimately derived from Latin iudico. Related to judge, judicial.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA