juberous

American  

[joo-ber-uhs] / ˈdʒu bər əs /

adjective

South Midland and Southern U.S.: Older Use.

1. uncertain and reluctant; dubious; undecided.

   I was feeling mighty juberous about crossing that bridge.

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Etymology

Origin of juberous

First recorded in 1860–65; humorous alteration of dubious ( def. )

Example Sentences

They seemed always to have gobs o' money, and onct in awhile some little thing'd turn up to make folks kinder juberous somehow 'at they wasn't jist what they ginerally seemed to be.

From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice

It is clearly a dialect form of jeopard, and I make no doubt that juberous is a dialect variation of jeopardous, occasionally used as a form of dubious.

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward

I once treated this word in print as an undoubted corruption of dubious, and when used subjectively it apparently feels the influence of dubious, as where one says: "I feel mighty juberous about it."

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward

But it is much oftener applied as in the text to the object of fear, as "The bridge looks kind o' juberous."

From The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana by Eggleston, Edward