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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scelerat, -ait, adj. [e.m.E. scelerat (a1513), L. scelerātus, p.p. of scelerāre, f. scelus wickedness.] Excessively wicked; atrociously bad; vile. — c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus ii 296.
So terribill thay ar be apperance, … So scelerait, and ingrait for to chois Ib. 367.
That he micht be exempill scelerat Till all vtheris
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