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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1648-1649
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Uneffeminate, adj. [Effeminat(e adj.] That is uninfluenced by, or impervious to, the attractions of women. — a1649 Drummond Wks. (1711) 233.
Men overcome with women are made … far inferior to the valour of uneffeminate knights
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"Uneffeminate adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/uneffeminate>
