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questionable (adj.)
[questionable 词源字典]
1580s, "that may be interrogated;" c. 1600, "open to dispute, doubtful," from
question
(v.) +
-able
. Deprecatory sense of "dubious in character" is attested from 1806. Related:
Questionably
.
[questionable etymology, questionable origin, 英语词源]