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English
Etymology
From wareful + -ness.
Noun
warefulness (uncountable)
- (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.
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