doubthouse

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noun

An uncertain state of the global climate, neither greenhouse nor icehouse, ascribed by some paleoclimatologists to the late Eocene.

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Meanings

noundoubthouse (uncountable)
  1. uncountableclimatologyAn uncertain state of the global climate, neither greenhouse nor icehouse, ascribed by some paleoclimatologists to the late Eocene.

Origin

Compound of doubt + house. Coined by American geoscientist Kenneth G. Miller in 1992.

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APA

doubthouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubthouse

MLA

“doubthouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubthouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doubthouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doubthouse.

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