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• dubytacion [15th century]
• dubitacion, dubitatioun [16th century]

語源

From Late 中期英語 dubytacion, from Middle French dubitation, from Latin dubitātiō.

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: dyo͞obĭtāʹshən, jo͞ob-, IPA: /djuːbɪˈteɪʃən/, /dʒuːbɪˈteɪʃən/
• (米国発音) enPR: d(y)o͞obĭtāʹshən, IPA: /ˌdu.bɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdju.bɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

名詞

dubitation (usually uncountable, plural dubitations)

1. (uncountable, archaic) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.
   • circa 1450, Coventry Mystery Plays, page 67 (Shakespeare Society; published 1841–53):

     I [...] Alle that my progenitouris hath [...] seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion.

   • 1570, George Buchanan, Chamæleon, page 51:

     The Chamæleon [...] eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling.

   • 1867, George MacDonald, chapter 32, in Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood:

     All my dubitation and distress were gone, for I had something to do, although what I could not yet tell.

2. (countable, obsolete) A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.
   • 1545, George Joye, chapter 12, in The Exposicion of Daniel the Prophete:

     The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion.

3. (countable) A pang or expression of doubt.
   • 1683, John Pordage, edited by Edward Hooker, Theologica Mystica, or The Mystic Divinitie of the Æternal Invisibles, page 99:

     Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie.

   • 1841, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 4, in Heroes and Hero Worship:

     [T]he deep earnest soul of the man had fallen into all manner of black scruples, dubitations; he believed himself likely to die soon, and far worse than die.

   • 1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “An Evil Eye Looks on the Vicar”, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865, →OCLC, pages 250–251:

     Poor William Wylder had those special troubles which haunt nervous temperaments and speculative minds, when under the solemn influence of religion. [...] These terrors and dubitations are infections.

同意語

• (state of being in doubt): doubtfulness

関連する語

参照

• “dubitation” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)