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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Perfit-, Perfytnes(s, n. [ME. and e.m.E. perfytnes (Rolle), also parfitnes (1464).] Perfection. a. Completeness, maturity; faultlessness. b. Accomplishment, expertness. —a. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 590.
In manly natour the prent of perfitnes ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1884) 65.
To clecke hir birds quhill she bring them to perfytness —b. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 1491.
Wse maks perfytnes [1641, perfectnesse]
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