| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | du·bi·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d  b - s, dy- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided. 2. Arousing doubt; doubtful: a dubious distinction. 3. Of questionable character: dubious profits. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin dubius. See dwo- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | dubi·ous·ly —ADVERB
dubi·ous·ness —NOUN
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