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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1531-1533
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Innowmerabill, -noumerabill, a. [ME. innoumbrable, innowmberabill (1434). Cf. Innomerable and Innumerabill.] a. Innumerable, countless (in number). Also absol. b. Uncountable, incalculable (in amount). — c1420 Wynt. iv. 2135.
The Romanys … Innowmerabill wytht-in that fycht, … to ded wes dycht 1531 Bell. Boece I. 170.
Sa innowmerabill [v.r. innovmer-] slauchter was on all sidis 1533 Boece ii. xii. 85.
Quhen thir crymez & innowmerabill vthiris vnsemyng ane prince war divulgate —absol. 1533 Ib. iv. ii. 166 b.
Quhen innowmerabill war slane 1533 Ib. v. 131 b.
At thir iniuris and vthir innowmerabill commovit was all the realme
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