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foresighty

adj

Etymology

From foresight + -y. Cognate with Scots foresichtie, forsichty, Dutch voorzichtig, German vorsichtig.

  1. derived from providentia
  2. inherited from forsight
  3. suffixed as foresighty — “foresight + y”

Definitions

  1. Foresighted

    Foresighted; provident; cautious; careful.

    • Wi' thoughts like these hid in her breast, Awa flew the foresighty beast, [...]
    • Surely, my dear lady, you are, as they say in the north, 'fearfu' foresighty.'

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