Posted on 01/12/2006 5:00:50 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
dubiety \doo-BY-uh-tee; dyoo-\, noun
1. The condition or quality of being doubtful or skeptical.
2. A matter of doubt.
Example sentences:
Kennedy and O'Connor may think that Title 3 has been violated, but O'Connor and the chief justice are not convinced that the Supreme Court was meant to litigate challenges under that federal statute, and their dubiety here is shared by Justices Scalia and Souter.
--Hadley Arkes, "A Morning at the Court," National Review, December 2, 2000
I want every inconsistency, every dubiety, every ambiguity left in.
--David Maclean, quoted in David Hencke, "Tories plot hunt bill dirty tricks," The Guardian, January 17, 2001
Etymology: Dubiety is from Late Latin dubietas, from Latin dubius, "doubtful, uncertain."
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
i agree with you...............the weird thing is that the fog is worse now than it was even and hour ago.........totally bizarre.
way to gross me out!
it is pea soup here too, but we don't cancel school for it. of course, your one room school houses out in the provinces would close for it... ; )
A, and I'm throwing in a plus for the clever response. A+!
Love the jackal remark! A+!
Butt, butt, butt, ... (Robt sputters a bitt)
The croquettes were lookin' forward to your forward lookin' out of (er, inside of) da (little-bitty) gown in question.
2 is for teenagers. A+ for the visual. ;)
Dubaiety.
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Now I have a Listen to the Music earworm. Help please. A+
Not closed........just delayed...........
It's really spooky out there - I can no longer see the road from where I'm sitting, let alone the house across the road. I sure as heck would not want to be driving on these narrow, windy, 2-lane roads in this....let alone be drivig a school bus.
A for Robert!
There is no dubiety that Martin will fail to entertain. A+
I keep waiting for the Jersey guy smackdown to come out. You know he's got it in him! A+
They hate capitalists, period. A+ and a :-) for news outside of Biden's teeny state.
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