- dubiety
- noun (plural -eties) Etymology: Late Latin dubietas, from Latin dubius Date: 1750 1. a usually hesitant uncertainty or doubt that tends to cause vacillation 2. a matter of doubt Synonyms: see uncertainty
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Dubiety — Du*bi e*ty, n.; pl. {Dubieties}. [L. dubietas, fr. dubius. See {Dubious}.] Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt. [R.] Lamb. The dubiety of his fate. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dubiety — index ambiguity, ambivalence, confusion (ambiguity), doubt (suspicion), hesitation, incertitude … Law dictionary
dubiety — c.1750, from L.L. dubietas doubt, uncertainty, from dubius (see DUBIOUS (Cf. dubious)) … Etymology dictionary
dubiety — Uncertainty, dubiosity, doubt, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust Analogous words: hesitation, hesitancy: wavering, vacillation, faltering (see corresponding verbs at HESITATE) Antonyms: decision Contrasted words: *certainty, certitude, assurance,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dubiety — ► NOUN formal ▪ uncertainty … English terms dictionary
dubiety — [do͞o bī′ə tē, dyo͞obī′ə tē] n. [LL dubietas] 1. the quality of being dubious; doubtfulness 2. pl. dubieties a doubtful thing SYN. UNCERTAINTY … English World dictionary
dubiety — noun a) Doubtfulness. Graham fell in with the scheme without a murmur of dubiety or dissent. b) 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… … Wiktionary
dubiety — noun, formal the dubiety of Henry s fate Syn: doubtfulness, uncertainty, unsureness, incertitude; ambiguity, ambivalence, confusion; hesitancy, doubt See note at uncertainty … Thesaurus of popular words
dubiety — /dooh buy i tee, dyooh /, n., pl. dubieties. 1. doubtfulness; doubt. 2. a matter of doubt. Also called dubiosity. [1740 50; < L dubietas, equiv. to dubi(us) DUBIOUS + etas, var. of ITAS after vocalic stems; see ITY] Syn. 1. skepticism, mistrust,… … Universalium
dubiety — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. doubt, doubtfulness, indecision, incertitude; see doubt 1 , 2 , uncertainty 1 . See Synonym Study at uncertainty . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A lack of conviction or certainty: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness,… … English dictionary for students
