juberous
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Corruption of dubious.
Adjective[edit]
juberous (comparative more juberous, superlative most juberous)
- (US, regional) dubious
- 1964, Dan L. Thrapp, Al Sieber: Chief of Scouts:
- Before you could count three, every soldier was surrounded by at least a dozen of the worst cut-throats that ever drew breath, and for a little time things looked mighty juberous for us Yankees.
- 2016, Ernie Pyle, edited by Owen V. Johnson, At Home with Ernie Pyle:
- “I tell you,” Aunt Mary says, “I got a little juberous before we got to Chicago. I didn't know whether I'd get the right Parmalee taxi or not. I did feel pretty juberous.”