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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Contrarieté, -ietie, n. Also: -ietee, -etie. [ME. (c 1380) and OF. contrarieté, L. contrārietas.] Contrariety; contrast or opposition. 1456 Hay I. 78/18.
Sen … thir unresonable bestis has sik contrarietee amang thame Ib. 35.
Be the quhilk contrarieteis of nature [etc.] 1490 Irland Mir. I. 64/23.
Thocht he was … maid of the elementis that has contrariete and repugnaunce 1533 Boece xiii. vii. 513.
In the contrariete & variance of the maladie … medicinaris couth nocht fynd the caus 1561 Reg. Privy C. I. 181.
The ferd exceptioun … suld be repellit in respect of the contrarietie thairof 1591 Edinb. Test. XXIII. 324 b.
All thingis … that mycht prouok ane contrarietie, debait, or questioun of law amangis his bairnes 1622-6 Bisset II. 282.
Lat no man imagyne a disagrement or contraretie to be amangis the Evangalistis 1641 Baillie I. 325.
The contrarietie both of wind and tyde