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† ˈdoubtous, doutous, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 dotus, dotous(e doutowse, 4–5 doutous, 5 douteouse, dowtous(e, -ows, -eus, doughteous, doubteous, -euous(e, 4–6 doubtous(e, -uous(e.
[ME. a. OF. dutus, dotus, doutous, mod.F. douteux, f. doute doubt n.: see -ous, and for the forms cf. despitous, piteous.]
1. Doubtful; of uncertain existence, meaning, or issue.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14298 Merlyn seide..þat Arthures deþ was dotouse..ȝyt þe Bretons..seyn þat he lyues in lede. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 373 Counseil in doutouse þinges. 1481Caxton Tulle on Old Age, Dyvinacions to know the doubteuouse thing. 1489― Faytes of A. i. viii. 21 In the doubtouse happe of bataill. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 457/2 Scripture is..doubtuouse and hard to vnderstande.
2. Full of uncertainty of mind; doubting.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. pr. i. 5 Of a doutous iugement. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 227/2 Thenne cam he alle doubtous to the yates. 1490― Eneydos xvi. 66 He abode long in this thought doubtouse and varyable.
3. Fraught with terror; fearful, dreadful, terrible.
a1300Signs bef. Judgem. 113 in E.E.P. (1862) 10 Þe eiȝt dai so is dotus..ful of tene and angus. a1400Morte Arth. 3968 A dowttouse derfe dede [= death], þou duellis to longe! c1470Harding Chron. lxxviii. vi, One that should y⊇ doughteous siege acheue. c1500Melusine xlv. 318 My departyng fro you is more gryeuous & doubtous a thousand tymes to me than to you.
Hence ˈdoubtously adv., doubtfully.
c1350Will. Parlerne 4338 Doutusli after he stared on his stepmoder stifli a while. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 121 Grettere maistryes..han y-writen dotousliche. |