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dubiety|djuːˈbaɪɪtɪ|
[ad. late L. dubietās, f. dubius doubtful: see -ity.]
The condition or quality of being dubious; doubtfulness, dubiousness. b. An instance of this, a matter of doubt.
c1750Richardson (T.), A state of dubiety and suspense is ever accompanied with uneasiness. 1766W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 32 So expressive..as to admit of no dubiety. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. Imperf. Sympathies, The twilight of dubiety never falls upon him. 1892Stevenson Across Plains 286 On one point there should be no dubiety.
b.1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life (1826) xx. 279 Hume's account of his own dubieties. 1845Carlyle Cromwell (1871) II. 260 A terrible dubiety to itself and to us. |