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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1584-1617, 1673
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Unfit, -fet, Wnfitt, adj. [e.m.E. vnfit (1545); Fitt adj.] Not fitted, unsuited (for or to do something). — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 250/35.
Lo heir a toy and licht conset And loveris new devyce Both for the auld and sage vnfet And also for the wyse 1602 Colville Paraenese 119.
Ve be as ane feild … vnfit and insufficient … to bring out any fruit tharby except ve be pleuit, harrowit, heggit or hirdit 1617 Mure Early Misc. P. xviii 17.
Basse earth was far wnfitt To comprehend such beutie, grace and wit 1673 Bonckle Kirk S. 43.
The session judged him unfit for the churches service
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