unsurety

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ surety.

Noun

unsurety (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Lack of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

     the unsurety of never so sure hope

References

• “unsurety”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.