† ˈcautelousness Obs.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Cautelous quality: a. craftiness; b. wariness.
| 1584 R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xv. xlii. 395 Be they with never so much cautelousnesse and subtill circumspection clouded. a 1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 156 For cautelousnesse to looke ere we leape. 1657 Baxter Present Th. 39 A very great cautelousness..would be necessary. |