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Postby Bailey » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:53 pm

char·y (châr)
adj. char·i·er, char·i·est
1. Very cautious; wary: was chary of the risks involved.
2. Not giving or expending freely; sparing: was chary of compliments.



[Middle English chari, careful, sorrowful, from Old English cearig, sorrowful, from cearu, sorrow; see care.]



chari·ly adv.
chari·ness n.

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Postby sluggo » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:02 pm

Certainly worth a revisit. Originally suggested by an Agoric who seems to have deleted herself, aye but long ago.

Also tangentially mentioned by Dr. G in the entry on Karma, noted to derive from Sanskrit karoti "performs, does, acts", that is to say, an action that has consequences. ... related to Latin creare "to create". In Russian we find chary "magic" and charovat' "to charm, enchant"

And reprinted by kind permission from Bailey's previouly suggested Vagary:

A plague on this vagary,
I'm in a nice quandary -
Of hasty tone with dames unknown,
I ought to be more chary;
It seems that she's a fairy
From Andersen's library,
And I took her for the proprietor
Of a La-dies' Se-mi-nary!


-W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe Act I finale (1882)
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Postby gailr » Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:39 pm

... noted to derive from Sanskrit karoti "performs, does, acts", that is to say, an action that has consequences. ...
Perhaps Perry can answer this deep thought:
If the karoti is an open-handed action, does the consequence wield a closed fist?

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Postby Bailey » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:35 pm


A plague on this vagary,
I'm in a nice quandary -
Of hasty tone with dames unknown,
I ought to be more chary;
It seems that she's a fairy
From Andersen's library,
And I took her for the proprietor
Of a La-dies' Se-mi-nary!


-W.S. Gilbert, Iolanthe Act I finale (1882)
That has the cadence of a Gilbert and Sullivan
musical ped-es-trian

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Postby Perry » Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:11 am

... noted to derive from Sanskrit karoti "performs, does, acts", that is to say, an action that has consequences. ...
Perhaps Perry can answer this deep thought:
If the karoti is an open-handed action, does the consequence wield a closed fist?
The consequence is a hands-down decision. :roll:
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