warefulness

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noun

wariness; cautiousness

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Meanings

nounwarefulness (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablewariness; cautiousness

    With pretence from Strephon her to guard, / He met her full; but full of warefulness.

    The New Arcadia

    a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC

Origin

From wareful + -ness.

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APA

warefulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warefulness

MLA

“warefulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warefulness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warefulness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warefulness.

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