incertain

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Etymology

From Middle English incertayne, borrowed from Middle French incertain, derived in the 14th c. from certain, after Latin incertus (uncertain). By surface analysis, in- +‎ certain.[1][2]

Adjective

incertain (comparative more incertain, superlative most incertain)

  1. (obsolete) Not certain, uncertain.
    • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 71, column 2, lines 126–128:
      ...or to be worse then worst
      Of those, that lawlesse and incertaine thought,
      Imagine howling, 'tis too horrible.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
      And again, that as these acquisitions are in themselves generally worthless, so are the means to attain them not only base and infamous, but at best incertain, and always full of danger.

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References

  1. ^ incertain” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
  2. ^ incertain(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019.

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French

Etymology

From in- +‎ certain.

Pronunciation

Adjective

incertain (feminine incertaine, masculine plural incertains, feminine plural incertaines)

  1. uncertain; unsure

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