Careful Words

suspect (n.)

suspect (v.)

suspect (adj.)

The ornament of beauty is suspect,

A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Sonnet lxx.

O Father Abram! what these Christians are,

Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect

The thoughts of others!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.