doubtable
adjEtymology From Middle English doutable, from Old French doutable, dotable, equivalent to doubt + -able.
1
Uncommon Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- Descartes adopts the tool of a radical skepticism, submitting to question established beliefs, exposing them to the test of doubt, breaking them down when they prove doubtable.1971, L. J. Swingle, “On Reading Romantic Poetry”, in PMLA, volume 86, number 5, page 976:
2
Obsolete Fearsome; redoubtable.
- Synonyms
- uncertain
- Derived terms
- doubtability, undoubtable
- Coordinate terms
- doubtworthy