Obs. rare1. [f. CAUTION + -IST.] One who affects caution.
a. 1657. R. Loveday, Lett. (1660), 33. Like some over-provident Cautionists, who finding their bodies prone to one disease, do sometimes Antidote themselves into a contrary malady.
Obs. rare1. [f. CAUTION + -IST.] One who affects caution.
a. 1657. R. Loveday, Lett. (1660), 33. Like some over-provident Cautionists, who finding their bodies prone to one disease, do sometimes Antidote themselves into a contrary malady.