English Explanatory Dictionary

incertain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not certain, uncertain.

Word forms

incertain more incertain most incertain incertaine

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.

Synonyms

uncertain

Related words

incertitude
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