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Definition of Dubiosity
1. n. The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing.
Definition of Dubiosity
1. Noun. (rare) The state or characteristic of being dubious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dubiosity
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Medical Definition of Dubiosity
1. Origin: L. Dubiosus. The state of being doubtful; a doubtful statement or thing. "Men often swallow falsities for truths, dubiosities for certainties, possibilities for feasibilities." (Sir T. Browne) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dubiosity
Literary usage of Dubiosity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1863)
"... sir, would have the least dubiosity about it." , The Doctor and the Colonel
were compatriots, one being a Boston man and the other a New-Yorker, ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"The same dubiosity of mind characteristically stamped both his defence, and Ms
subsequent address to the judges. Each of them abounded, and the former more ..."
3. The History of Religions by Edward Washburn Hopkins (1918)
"Yet in this whole domain of animal- worship there still remains more dubiosity
than certainty. * Like the Romans and their neighbours, the Celts laid great ..."
4. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"It has b the dubiosity of committees that has led to the of unsuitable sites and
to the prevention of ..."