| \SUR-kuh m-spekt\ | adjective
1. well-considered: circumspect ambition.
2. watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
| | Quotes | … proper arrangements in the distribution of the Supplies, and a careful eye to the use of them, is of great importance, and calls for a circumspect choice.
-- , George Washington to the Secretary of War, July 4, 1798, The Writings of George Washington, Volume 36, 1941 | | | | | | | | | | Origin of circumspect | | Circumspect comes from Latin circumspectus "wary, guarded, carefully weighed," the past participle of the verb circumspicere "to look around, be cautious, take heed" from circum "around" and specere "to look." It entered English in the early 1400s. | |
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