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The state of being unsure of something
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incertitude
Word definitions for incertitude in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "variability," from Middle French incertitude (14c.), from Late Latin incertitudinem (nominative incertitudo ); see certitude . Incertain "uncertain" and incertainty "uncertainty" also were living words in Middle English.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being unsure of something [syn: doubt , uncertainty , dubiety , doubtfulness , dubiousness ] [ant: certainty ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incertitude \In*cer"ti*tude\, n. [Cf. F. incertitude, LL. incertitudo, fr. L. incertus. See Incertain .] Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt. The incertitude and instability of this life. --Holland. He fails . . . from mere incertitude or irresolution. --I. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. uncertainty, doubt, insecurity
Usage examples of incertitude.
In other cases, like that of the adoption of Hadrian by Trajan, or of the death of Antinous, the author has tried to leave that very incertitude which before it existed in history doubtless existed in life itself.
As to the northern and southern coasts, which are not given on the said charts, there is much incertitude.
I would lie in the stern, protected by the purple canopy, listening till darkness came to efface both those lines which describe the tragic incertitude of our life, and those which speak of doves and kisses and garlands of roses.