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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SUBDOLENT, adj. Crafty, subtly deceitful.Sc. 1721 R. Wodrow Sufferings iii. v. s. 4:
The subdolent Fetches and Cunning used, to carry them off their Feet.

[For Eng. subdolous, id., due to confusion of Lat. dolus, fraud, with dolere, dolent-, be painful. Elsewhere Wodrow uses subdolous.]

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