Meanings
comparative more juberous · superlative most juberous
- USregionaldubious
“I tell you,” Aunt Mary says, “I got a little juberous before we got to Chicago. I didn't know whether I'd get the right Parmalee taxi or not. I did feel pretty juberous.”
2016, Ernie Pyle, edited by Owen V. Johnson, At Home with Ernie Pyle1 more example
Before you could count three, every soldier was surrounded by at least a dozen of the worst cut-throats that ever drew breath, and for a little time things looked mighty juberous for us Yankees.
1964, Dan L. Thrapp, Al Sieber: Chief of Scouts
Origin
Corruption of dubious.
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