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warefulness

warefulness noun: wariness; cautiousness.

Noun

warefulness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) wariness; cautiousness
    • With pretence from Strephon her to guard, / He met her full; but full of warefulness.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...

Origin of warefulness

From wareful + -ness.

Questions about warefulness

What does warefulness mean?
Warefulness means wariness; cautiousness.
What part of speech is warefulness?
Warefulness is a noun.

Words near warefulness in the dictionary

  1. wared
  2. Wareek
  3. Wareemba
  4. wareful
  5. warefully
  6. warefulness
  7. Warega
  8. Waregas
  9. Waregga
  10. Wareham
  11. Wareham St Martin

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