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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

incircumspect en · ADJ

Etymology

From in- + circumspect.

Meanings

  1. Not circumspect; careless, reckless.
    • Our fashions of eating make us slothful, and unlusty to labour and study; unstable, inconstant, and light-mannered; full of wits, after-witted (as we call it), incircumspect, inconsiderate, heady, rash, and hasty to begin unadvisedly, […] 1532 (reprinted 1573), William Tyndale, “An Exposition uppon the V. VI. VII. Chapters of Mathew, […]. The Sixth Chapter.”, in Henry Walter, editor, Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the Holy Scriptures, together with The Practice of Prelates. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] The University Press, published 1849, →OCLC, page 93:

Forms

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more incircumspect Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most incircumspect Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

incircumspectly