dubitableadj.

/ˈdjuːbɪtəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin dubitābilis, < dubitāre to doubt v.: see -able suffix, and compare Old French dubitable.

Capable of being doubted; liable to doubt or question.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective]

openlOE

doubtousc1330

uncertain1338

doubtyc1380

brigousa1387

doubtablec1400

doubtfula1425

questionable1443

batable1453

strivablec1456

inquirable1485

litigious1520

doubtsomea1522

disputable1548

dubious1548

doubted?1551

moot1563

problematical1567

discussiblea1578

debatable1581

controversial1583

disputativea1586

debateful1587

decidable1596

controversible1601

controvertible1601

controversal1604

controversable1607

problematic1609

controversary1610

left-handed1610

disputed1611

dubitable1625

quarrellable1642

catchinga1670

non liquet1678

brigose1679

contestable1702

equivocala1797

controversional1807

contradictable1856

discutable1868

hinky1961

1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iii. i. 265 The dubitable hazards Of fortune.

1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 30 Aristotle makes it dubitable, and disputable, whether it is better to be Ruled by a good Law, or a good Man.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. ix. 391 The consequence, which is the only dubitable one, is again proved by this enthymeme.

1893 National Observer 30 Sept. 515/1 To put into dubitable French what he might have said..in indubitable English.

Derivatives

ˈdubitably adv. in a dubitable manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adverb]

doubtouslyc1350

opinablyc1450

doubtfully1483

doubtedly1584

problematically1588

dubiously1646

indijudicably1660

disputably1836

indeterminately1841

indeterminably1846

questionably1859

dubitably1864

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	dubitable
释义	dubitableadj. /ˈdjuːbɪtəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin dubitābilis, < dubitāre to doubt v.: see -able suffix, and compare Old French dubitable. Capable of being doubted; liable to doubt or question. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] openlOE doubtousc1330 uncertain1338 doubtyc1380 brigousa1387 doubtablec1400 doubtfula1425 questionable1443 batable1453 strivablec1456 inquirable1485 litigious1520 doubtsomea1522 disputable1548 dubious1548 doubted?1551 moot1563 problematical1567 discussiblea1578 debatable1581 controversial1583 disputativea1586 debateful1587 decidable1596 controversible1601 controvertible1601 controversal1604 controversable1607 problematic1609 controversary1610 left-handed1610 disputed1611 dubitable1625 quarrellable1642 catchinga1670 non liquet1678 brigose1679 contestable1702 equivocala1797 controversional1807 contradictable1856 discutable1868 hinky1961 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss iii. i. 265 The dubitable hazards Of fortune. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 30 Aristotle makes it dubitable, and disputable, whether it is better to be Ruled by a good Law, or a good Man. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. ix. 391 The consequence, which is the only dubitable one, is again proved by this enthymeme. 1893 National Observer 30 Sept. 515/1 To put into dubitable French what he might have said..in indubitable English. Derivatives ˈdubitably adv. in a dubitable manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adverb] doubtouslyc1350 opinablyc1450 doubtfully1483 doubtedly1584 problematically1588 dubiously1646 indijudicably1660 disputably1836 indeterminately1841 indeterminably1846 questionably1859 dubitably1864 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1625
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