dubersome

English

Etymology

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Adjective

dubersome (comparative more dubersome, superlative most dubersome)

1. (archaic) Doubtful.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 1869, Edward Hand Williamson, The Quaker Partisans: A Story of the Revolution, page 291:

     I was a little dubersome about how they'd git along in the stirrups; though they've done better than I thought they would.

   • 2006, Rolf Boldrewood, Paul Eggert, Elizabeth Webby, Robbery Under Arms, page 148:

     "That's what I'm dubersome about," says father, lightin' his pipe again. "Nobody down there got much of a look at me, and I let my beard grow on the road and shaved clean soon's I got back, same as I always do".