Definition of Hypercautious

1. Adjective. Especially or unreasonably cautious. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hypercautious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypercautious

hypercarbureted
hypercardia
hypercarnivore
hypercarnivores
hypercarnivorous
hypercasual
hypercatabolic
hypercatabolism
hypercatalectic
hypercatalexes
hypercatalexis
hypercatharsis
hypercathartic
hypercathexis
hypercaution
hypercautious (current term)
hypercellular
hypercellularity
hypercementosis
hypercerebral
hyperchaos
hyperchaotic
hypercharge
hypercharged
hypercharges
hyperchloraemia
hyperchloraemic acidosis
hyperchlorhydria
hyperchloric
hyperchloruria

Literary usage of Hypercautious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"... feeling was that he ought to hold Brussels, and Ghent, the refuge of the sovereigns; and it was his way to be hypercautious as to his communications. ..."

2. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1907)
"... feeling was that he ought to hold Brussels, and Ghent, the refuge of the sovereigns ; and it was his way to be hypercautious as to his communications. ..."

3. Hannibal: A History of the Art of War Among the Carthaginians and Romans by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1891)
"He was brought to the front as a foil to the idiotic foolhardiness of such men as Sempronius and Flaminius, and naturally of a hypercautious nature, he was, ..."

4. Cæsar: A History of the Art of War Among the Romans Down to the End of the by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1892)
"... to such hypercautious means of accomplishing an object, when his strength was greater, if properly gauged by quality, than the enemy's. ..."

5. Buffalo Medical Journal (1853)
"... case in which the type was in the least degree doubtful, it being deemed far better to be hypercautious in this respect, than to run any risk of error. ..."

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