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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1438, 1499-1512, 1567-1600
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Par-, Parramouris, -amowris, adv. Also: per- and -amowrys. [ME. and e.m.E. paramur (Cursor M.), peramours (Caxton), OF. par amurs, -ours.] As a lover. = Paramour adv.Only in verse in the phrase to lufe paramouris. 1375 Barb. xiii. 485.
He his sistir paramouris lufit ?1438 Alex. ii. 554.
Parramouris c1420 Wynt. iv. 215.
He paramowrys [v.r. peramowris] so stratly luwyd That [etc.] a1500 Bernardus 165.
Thocht elde be cummyne … Ȝit walde scho luffe and be luffyt paramowris [: flowris] c1500-c1512 Dunb. xix. 22. a1568 Bannatyne MS 263 b/33.
Quhen I was ȝung I luvit parramouris c1600 Montg. Suppl. ii. 31.
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