dubersome
dubersome adjective: characterised or marked by dubiousness; doubtful.
Adjective
dubersome (comparative more dubersome, superlative most dubersome)
- Characterised or marked by dubiousness; doubtful.
- But he looked rather dubersome, and I thought he was only meaning to sham me off, and I felt hurt at it, Jem; for he had offered fairly, and I took his offer freely.1830, F. Shoberl, Forget Me Not; a Christmas, New Years, and Birthday Present, reprinted in The Literary gazette: A weekly journal of literature, science, and the fine arts (1835), page 692
- I was a little dubersome about how they'd git along in the stirrups; though they've done better than I thought they would.1869, Edward Hand Williamson, The Quaker Partisans: A Story of the Revolution, page 291
Forms of dubersome
| comparative | more dubersome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dubersome |
Origin of dubersome
From duber- (also seen in duberous; an alteration of dubious) + -some.
Questions about dubersome
- What does dubersome mean?
- Dubersome means characterised or marked by dubiousness; doubtful.
- What part of speech is dubersome?
- Dubersome is an adjective.
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