dubiety
[doo-bahy-i-tee, dyoo-]
noun, plural du·bi·e·ties.
doubtfulness; doubt.
a matter of doubt.
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Origin of dubiety
Also called dubiosity.
Synonyms for dubiety
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Historical Examples of dubiety
The exact nature of the chemical action taking place is a point of some dubiety.
Manures and the principles of manuringCharles Morton Aikman
Timeous and dubiety are bad, simply as not authorized by any but local usage.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols)Thomas De Quincey
Dubiety is a poem of the Indian Summer, but it has the beauty, with a touch of the pathos, proper to the time.
Robert BrowningEdward Dowden
But upon one point there should be no dubiety: if a man be not frugal, he has no business in the arts.
Across the PlainsRobert Louis Stevenson
In Election Committee-rooms there is now no dubiety; but the work goes bravely along.
The French RevolutionThomas Carlyle
dubiety
dubiosity (ˌdjuːbɪˈɒsɪtɪ)
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for dubiety
C18: from Late Latin dubietās, from Latin dubius dubious
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