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wary

adj
/ˈwɛə.ɹi/UK/ˈwɛɚ.i/US/ˈweːɹi/

Etymology

From Middle English warien, from Old English wierġan (“to curse, do evil”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to condemn, curse”), from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal”). Doublet of warry.

  1. derived from *wargaz✻ — “criminal”
  2. inherited from *wargijaną✻ — “to condemn, curse”
  3. inherited from *wargijan✻
  4. inherited from wierġan — “to curse, do evil”
  5. inherited from warien

Definitions

  1. Cautious of danger

    Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent

    • He is wary of dogs.

  2. Characterized by caution

    Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard

  3. thrifty, provident

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To curse, revile.

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Derived

unwarily, unwary, warily, wariness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wary. 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.

01wary02careful03conscientious04conscience05self-awareness06self-aware07cognizant08aware09vigilant

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

9 hops · closes at wary

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