Foresighty

Origin

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

Full definition of foresighty

Adjective

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.'

Related terms

• foresight
• foresightly