foresighty

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English

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Etymology

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From foresight +‎ -y. Cognate with Scots foresichtie, forsichty, Dutch voorzichtig, German vorsichtig.

Adjective

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foresighty (comparative more foresighty, superlative most foresighty)

  1. (chiefly UK dialectal) Foresighted; provident; cautious; careful.
    • 1801, James Thomson, Poems, in the Scottish dialect:
      Wi' thoughts like these hid in her breast, Awa flew the foresighty beast, [...]
    • 1856, Anna Cabot Lowell, Seed-grain for thought and discussion:
      Surely, my dear lady, you are, as they say in the north, 'fearfu' foresighty.'
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