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cautious

adj
/ˈkɔːʃəs/

Etymology

From cauti(on) + -ous. Compare Latin cautus.

  1. derived from cautiō
  2. derived from caution
  3. inherited from caucioun — “bail, guarantee, pledge”
  4. suffixed as cautious — “caution + ous”

Definitions

  1. Using or exercising caution

    Using or exercising caution; careful; tentative

    • He took a few cautious steps toward the cave.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cautious. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cautious. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at cautious

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA