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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1567-1568
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Perniciosité, n. [f. L. pernicōsus, Pernici(o)us a. Cf. mod. F. perniciositea. (Littré).] Perniciousness, wickedness. — a1568 Bannatyne MS 92 b/71.
Ane noble … that hes no vertousnes Drownand in vice & perniciosite is [etc.]
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