doubty

adj

doubty

adj

Etymology From Middle English douti, douty, equivalent to doubt + -y.

1

Obsolete Dubious, doubtful.

That treated well, of a full noble story Of the doubty waye, to the tower perillous Howe a noble knight, shoulde winne the victory Of many a serpent, fowle and odiousc. 1506, Stephen Hawes, “4 [The Tower of Doctrine]”, in The historie of graunde Amoure and la bell Pucel:

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