dubiety en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /d(j)uˈbaɪ.ə.ti/
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dubietās.
Meanings
-
(uncountable) Doubtfulness.
Graham fell in with the scheme without a murmur of dubiety or dissent.
1906, David Graham Phillips, chapter 18, in The Fortune Hunter:
-
(countable) A particular instance of doubt or uncertainty.
And yet these grim old walls are not a dilettantism and dubiety; they are an earnest fact. It was a most real and serious purpose they were built for!
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 2, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):Sterling's dubieties as to continuing at Bordeaux were quickly decided.
1851, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 4, in The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dubieties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi epäilys (instance of doubt)