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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Inhumanite(e, -itie, n. [Late ME. inhumanyte (Caxton, c 1477), OF. inhumanité, L. inhūmānitas.] Inhumanity, barbarous cruelty. — 1456 Hay I. 174/5.
And [= if] his maister … do him sum outrageous injure or othir inhumanitee Ib. 184/17.
And a man demembrit him self, the justice wald punys him … for the grete inhumanitee of the dede 1533 Boece ix. vi. 299 b.
Arthure defendit slauchter … that he suld nocht be argunnit of inhumanite apoun captivis 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 32.
Howbeit the inhumanitie wer greit ȝit it wer not in supreme degre of crueltie
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