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† unˈcautious, a. Obs. [un-1 7 and 5 b.] Incautious. Also absol.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xii. §6. 105 A man that was vncautious and sucked strongly that had his foreteeth beaten out by the blow of the bullett ascending. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 31 There is no small cunning and working of Satan in them, insomuch that the uncautious and injudicious are deceived. 1710Palmer Proverbs Pref. p. xiv, An uncautious wanton writer can possibly give the vice he has too lusciously describ'd. 1741Richardson Pamela I. 205 O what has this uncautious man said? Hence † unˈcautiously adv., † unˈcautiousness.
1680H. Dodwell Two Lett. (1691) 154 Arguments..endangered by the very uncautiousness of the expression. 1721Waterland Case Arian-Subscr. Consid. iv. 41 (Plea xiv. §4), It is very uncautiously and unaccurately said, that King Charles I. patronized the Subscribing the same Articles either in contradictory, or different Senses. 1759Goldsm. Bee No. 7. 128 Uncautiously suffering this jealousy to corrode in her breast. |