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unsurety en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + surety.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Lack of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.
    • the unsurety of never so sure hope a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC: