warefulness

English

Etymology

From wareful +‎ -ness.

Noun

warefulness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) wariness; cautiousness
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     With pretence from Strephon her to guard, / He met her full; but full of warefulness.

References

• “warefulness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.