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cautelous (s.xivin)
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cautelous (s.xivin)

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  FEW:  cautela 2/i,546a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  caututleus 9,11c TL: cautelos 2,74 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  cauteleux  TLF:  cauteleux  OED:  cautelous adj.  MED:  cautelous adj.  DMLBS:  cautelosus 306a

a.

crafty: 
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  La cowe del gopil signifie la fyn des gentz wischous e cautelous  BOZ Cont 33
♦underhand, : 
( c.1380; MS: s.xiv4/4 )  en defense de nostre dite meisone vers lez malveises ymaginaciones et conjecciones cautelouses  SAMPS1 388
♦secretive: 
( 1381 )  par cautelouse informacion  Rot Parl1 iii 117
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