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Webster 1913 Edition

Dubious

Du′bi-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
dubius
,
dubiosus
, fr.
duo
two. See
Two
, and cf.
Doubt
.]
1.
Doubtful or not settled in opinion; being in doubt; wavering or fluctuating; undetermined.
“Dubious policy.”
Sir T. Scott.
A
dubious
, agitated state of mind.
Thackeray.
2.
Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful;
as, a
dubious
answer
.
Wiping the dingy shirt with a still more
dubious
pocket handkerchief.
Thackeray.
Syn. – Doubtful; doubting; unsettled; undetermined; equivocal; uncertain. Cf.
Doubtful
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dubious

DUBIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. See Doubt. The primary sense is probably to turn or to waver.]
1.
Doubtful; wavering or fluctuating in opinion; not settled; not determined; as, the mind is in a dubious state.
2.
Uncertain; that of which the truth is not ascertained or known; as a dubious question.
3.
Not clear; not plain; as dubious light.
4.
Of uncertain event or issue.
In dubious battle.

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