dubiousnessn.

Etymology: formed as dubious adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdubiousness.

The quality of being dubious; doubtfulness; doubtful character; uncertainty, ambiguity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun]

unwitternessa1300

were1303

unsickernessc1340

uncertaintyc1380

non-certainc1390

doubta1400

unsureness1430

untrust1430

unsuretyc1460

non-certainty1475

incertain1502

doubtfulness1530

uncertitudea1556

incertitude1603

incertainty1609

dubiosity1646

dubiousness1651

dubietyc1750

1651 R. Saunders Plenary Possess. 3 All which particulars..have difficulty and dubiousnesse in them.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. Observ. 56 She speaks with the dubiousness of a man, not the certainty of a Goddess.

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 278 The dubiousness and involved manner of the Greek.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiii. 191 The dubiousness of all medical treatment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	dubiousness
释义	dubiousnessn. Etymology: formed as dubious adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdubiousness. The quality of being dubious; doubtfulness; doubtful character; uncertainty, ambiguity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] unwitternessa1300 were1303 unsickernessc1340 uncertaintyc1380 non-certainc1390 doubta1400 unsureness1430 untrust1430 unsuretyc1460 non-certainty1475 incertain1502 doubtfulness1530 uncertitudea1556 incertitude1603 incertainty1609 dubiosity1646 dubiousness1651 dubietyc1750 1651 R. Saunders Plenary Possess. 3 All which particulars..have difficulty and dubiousnesse in them. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. Observ. 56 She speaks with the dubiousness of a man, not the certainty of a Goddess. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ix. 278 The dubiousness and involved manner of the Greek. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiii. 191 The dubiousness of all medical treatment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1651
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