forehandedness

Etymology

From forehanded + -ness.

Why this word is great

FOREHANDEDNESS — [Noun] The quality of being prudent, foresighted, and thrifty, or the state of having sufficient wealth to live comfortably. From forehanded ("prudent, thrifty; well-off") + -ness (noun-forming suffix indicating a state or quality). Unlike "frugality" (which emphasizes restraint in spending) or "foresight" (which focuses on anticipation alone), forehandedness is the quiet marriage of vision and provision. It is the pantry stocked before winter, the savings account untouched but reassuring, and the deliberate planting of an orchard whose fruit you may never taste. It is the comfort of knowing there is enough, and the deeper comfort of knowing you were wise enough to ensure it—a bulwark against uncertainty, built one careful choice at a time.

noun

Prudence, foresight, and thriftiness.“We can, if we choose to utilise our experience, be forehanded about these matters. But we shall only be forehanded by creating institutions to compel forehandedness.”
Action taken in advance.“In the opinion of the community at large Stephen's forehandedness in the matter of preparations for his marriage was imprudence, and his desire for neatness and beauty flagrant extravagance.”
Wealth, the quality of having sufficient possessions to live comfortably.“And with the word, the speaker, in the vehemence of her desire to produce proofs of her gentility, would hop up on the block which served for a sort of stand by the side of the fire, and reach down a huge bag of dried apples, which must be "hefted" on the failing knees of the visiter, in proof of the forehandedness of the friends who could afford to give such evidence of their interest in Mrs. Tit”