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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1491
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Menticapte, ? a. or ? n. (L. mente captus a. ‘seized in the mind’, out of one's mind, insane, mad.) — 1491 Acts Lords of Council I. 195/2.
Ane breif of inquesicioune … of menticapte prodegalite and furiosite of the said Robert Lord Flemyn
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