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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Desperatioun, n. Also: -acion, desparatioun, -ione. [ME. desperacioun (Chaucer), -acion, OF. desperacion, -ation, L. dēspērātio. Cf. Disperatioun.] Desperation, despair. c1540 Lynd. Kitteis Conf. 119.
[Gif thou] be in desperatioun, And wald haue consolatioun 1551 Hamilton Cat. 48.
Thai be desperacion gaif thame self to wantones a1578 Pitsc. I. 210/11.
He had nocht comd in sic desperatioun 1596 Dalr. I. 166/21.
The Romanis meitis him, furious and wod, … partlie of cleine desparatione
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