cautelous

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cautelous

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From Middle French cauteleux.

adjective more cautelous · most cautelous

obsolete Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily. The least touch of [Gaveston's] memory adds more to the King's affliction, who is fixt not to forget, or forgive, so bold and heinous a Trespass. The operations in the King were yet so powerful, but the jelousies of the Actors [who have killed Gaveston] are as cautelous, so fair a warning-piece bids
obsolete Cautious, careful. Some are of disposition fearefull, some bold, most cautelous, all Savage.

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@misc{cautelous_2026,
  title = {cautelous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cautelous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}