juberous

[ joo-ber-uhs ]

adjective

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

1. uncertain and reluctant; dubious; undecided:

   I was feeling mighty juberous about crossing that bridge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of juberous¹

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

And then he took his seat alongside Katy, not without a little trepidation, for he felt a very slight anxiety lest his flirtation With Perritaut's ten thousand dollars "mout've made his chances juberous," as he stated it to his friends.

From Project Gutenberg