† incircumspectadj.
Obsolete.
Not circumspect; incautious, heedless, imprudent.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective]
unwarec897
uncircumspect?1504
incircumspect1531
unwares1548
wareless1562
unwary1579
unwarning1609
incautelous1610
uncharya1616
uncautelous1628
uncanny1638
unguarded1640
uncautious1644
guardless1654
uncautioned1671
incautiousa1703
cautionless1792
unaware1817
1531 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 102 The incircumspect occupying of ther crafts.
?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vi. f. lxxxi Vnstable, inconstant and lyght manered: full of wittes, after witted (as we calle it) incircumspecte inconsiderat, hedie, rashe.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 249 With theyr teeth they bite and wound at vnawares, incircumspect Mowers, & Haruest-folkes.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋170 Incircumspect credulity.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb]
unwarelyc893
unadvised1420
abandonly1487
incautely1510
uncircumspectly1535
incircumspectly1542
unware1545
unwarily1580
incautelouslya1656
unguardedly1713
uncautiously1721
incautiously1733
1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 236 Two shyppes of the Turcke..whiche incircumspectly fell into oure handes.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 372/2 The Christians..entring into the munition incircumspectly, were pelted and pashed with stones.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun]
unwarenessa1425
unware1475
unwariness1544
incircumspectness1568
uncircumspection1598
incautelousness1640
incircumspection1646
uncautelousnessa1656
uncautiousness1672
incaution1720
incautiousness1811
unguardedness1818
1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 85 The incircumspectness of Hanno hindered not the Carthaginenses only at this time, but also [etc.].
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