Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
doubty en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English douti, douty, equivalent to doubt + -y.
Meanings
(obsolete) Dubious, doubtful.
That treated well, of a full noble story
Of the doubty waye, to the tower perillous
Howe a noble knight, shoulde winne the victory
Of many a serpent, fowle and odious c. 1506, Stephen Hawes, “4 [The Tower of Doctrine]”, in The historie of graunde Amoure and la bell Pucel:
he thereto aimed, namely, to be a most doubty and hardy warrior, an excellent orator, a right valiant captaine and commander 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VII.] XLIII.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 178:
So, stout, hardy, valiant, doubty, couragious, adventurous, all comprehended under the Latin word (fortis). [1661, Thomas Blount, “Synonima's”, in Glossographia: