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unˈwary, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. Not wary; unguarded, incautious:
a. Of persons (or animals).
In Langland's P. Pl. A. iv. 24 two manuscripts have ‘vnwary’, but the correct reading is doubtful.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Dec. 10 O soueraigne Pan.., Which..Doest saue from mischiefe the vnwary sheepe. 1596― F.Q. vi. x. 3 T'entrap vnwary fooles in their eternall bales. 1598Florio, Disauedere,..to be vnwarie, not to regard. 1624Gataker Wife in Deed 63 There is no woman almost so vnwise or vnwarie, that will buy an earthen pitcher,..but she will view it well first. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxvii. 234 The private actions of an ignorant, unwary man. a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) I. 263 These were his true principles tho' he had disguised them in order to catch un⁓wary readers. 1759Robertson Hist. Scot. vii. Wks. 1813 I. 513 No wonder pretexts so plausible should impose on the unwary queen. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 178 The fish were numerous and unwary. 1896W. K. Leask H. Miller iv. 99 The unwary disputant emerged in a highly battered condition.
absol.1637Earl of Monmouth tr. Malvezzi's Romulus & T. 177 Tarquin is not to be ranked amongst the unwary. 1707Atterbury Serm. (1726) II. 174 Its Emissaries are..very busy in Corners, to seduce the Unwary. 1848A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art I. 70 With..flexile claws..stretched out to seize and entangle the unwary.
b. Of actions, conduct, the mind, etc.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. i. lxxxiv, With that the mightie thunder dropt away From Gods unwarie arme. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §1 Those principles my Parents instilled into my unwary understanding. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 415 Sparkling fire, from hinds' unwary hands. 1703Rowe Ulysses i. i, 'Tis rash, and savours of unwary Youth. 1747Hervey Contempl. Night (1748) II. 12 How often has an unwary glance, kindled a Fever of irregular Desire in our Hearts? 1803Gouv. Morris in Sparks Life & Writ. (1832) III. 180 It is a most unwary step. 1867M. E. Herbert Cradle L. v. 151 An unwary emptying of their..leather water-bottles before half the day was over.
†2. Unexpected. Obs.—1
1590Spenser F.Q. i. xii. 25 All in the open hall amazed stood, At suddeinnesse of that vnwarie sight. |