Dubiosity


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Du`bi`os´i`ty


n. 1. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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