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cautel
English
Noun
cautel (countable and uncountable, plural cautels)
- (obsolete) deceit
- 1602, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 14-15-16
- Perhaps he loves you now,
- And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch
- The virtue of his will
- 1602, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 14-15-16
- (obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fulke to this entry?)
- (Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments.
Derived terms
- cautelous
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cautelous
English
Etymology
From Middle French cauteleux.
Adjective
cautelous (comparative more cautelous, superlative most cautelous)
- (obsolete) Skillful in trickery or deception; cunning, wily.
- (obsolete) Cautious, careful.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 140:
- Some are of disposition fearefull, some bold, most cautelous, all Savage.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 140:
Related terms
- cautel
- cautelously
- cautelousness
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