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語源 1

From the adjective ware +‎ -y.

形容詞

wary (comparative warier, superlative wariest)

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

   Synonyms: circumspect, scrupulous, careful

   He is wary of dogs.

2. Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard
3. thrifty, provident

同意語

• cautious, guarded, careful, chary

派生語

• unwarily
• unwary
• warily
• wariness

語源 2

From 中期英語 warien, from 古期英語 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.

動詞

wary (third-person singular simple present waries, present participle warying, simple past and past participle waried)

1. (dialectal) To curse, revile.

関連する語

• wargus

参考

• weary

Further reading

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

アナグラム

• Wray, awry