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Cautelous Kot Uh Luhs Adjective Cautious Crafty French Cauteleux Cunning

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cautelous /KOT-uh-luhs/
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adjective
1. Cautious.
2. Crafty.

[From French cauteleux (cunning). Earliest documented use: 1384.]

"Boeotian and cautelous people should not read this ad! You're reading on? Great! You're obviously bright, adventurous, and game enough for Belvoir St Theatre." The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Feb 25, 1987.

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