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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inane, a. [L. inānis; e.m.E. (1662).] Of no account, pointless. — 1533 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. II. 154.
As [to] the presumptioun of the duke of Albany, it is verray frivole and inane
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