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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1579
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Infame, a. and n. [OF. infame, L. infāmis. In e.m.E. once as noun (1550); as adj. app. not English before 1700.] Infamous; an infamous person.(1) 14.. Acts I. 380/2.
Of thaim that ar infames 14.. Ib.
All tha ar callit infames that … contrariis the reull of cristin law(2) 1520 Misc. Maitl. C. II. 386.
Gif swa war he wald gang agane … thay sal declair him infame 1566 Reg. Privy C. I. 470.
He salbe declarit infame, and in the speking of the saidis wordis untrew and a lear 1572 Satirical Poems xxxvi. 124.
That fals and degenerat seid Of Douglassis fals, wrachit, and infame 1579 Acts III. 153/1.
The saidis budtakaris to … be declarit infame
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