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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lewit-, Lewidnes, n. Also: lewyt-, lewyd- . [ME. lewednes(se (1362): cf. Lewdnes and Lawitnes.] a. Want of literary polish or skill. b. Depravity, dissolute behaviour. — 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 179.
Throw roytnes and ravyng that maid myne eyn reill, Thus lysnyt I, as losanger, syk lewydnes [Sm. lewidnes] to luke Ib. ix. Prol. 701.
Gyf ocht be weill, thank Virgil and nocht me; Quhar ocht is bad, … My lewytnes [Sm. lewitnes], I grant, hes all the wyte
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