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doubter

noun

Etymology

From doubt + -er.

  1. derived from doute
  2. inherited from dout
  3. derived from *gʰeh₁bʰ-✻ — “to grab, take”
  4. derived from *dwóh₁✻ — “two”
  5. derived from dubitō — “to be uncertain, doubt; to hesitate, waver in coming to an opinion; to consider, ponder”
  6. derived from douter
  7. inherited from douten — “to doubt, fear, worry”
  8. formed as doubter — “doubt + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who doubts.

    • I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied.
    • “Then it's true,” he said quietly. “Everything.” “Ay, thou doubter! Ay thou disbelieving dreg!”

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for doubter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA