jubous
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of dubious.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]jubous (not comparable)
- (Appalachia, Southern US, rare) Concerned, alarmed or sceptical.
References
[edit]- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, , →ISBN, § II.2, page 65.
- ^ Stanley, Oma (1937) “III. The Consonants”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, , →ISBN, § 11, page 72.