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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
over-cautious

1706, from over- + cautious. Related: Over-cautiously; over-cautiousness.

Usage examples of "over-cautious".

One is never certain as to the respectability of his neighbor at the table, and it is well to be over-cautious in forming acquaintanceships at such places.

But Marle was slippery, and Hawkeye over-cautious, for he had been warned to keep from sight at any cost.

These doubts were probably suggested or enforced by Captain Sowle, who, it has already been seen, was an over-cautious, or rather, a timid seaman, and they may have had some weight with Mr.