† unˈcautelous, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
Incautious, unwary.
| 1628 Prynne Brief Survay 2 They may the more insensibly Insinuate..themselues into the Hearts, and Intralls, of vncautelous, and ouer-credulous Christians. a 1656 Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 284, I would you would advise him to beware of such uncautelous speeches. 1697 Evelyn Numism. ix. 316 Those of Savoy, Swisserland, and many parts of Germany, which abound in Foxes, etc., are the dullest, simplest, and most uncautelous of all their Neighbours. |
Hence † unˈcautelousness. Obs.
| a 1656 Hales Gold. Rem. i. (1673) 256 He hath laid it down in such terms, that nothing but negligence and uncautelousness can hazard it. |