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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1456, 1549
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Disordinat(e, a. [ME. disordinat (Chaucer), -ate (15th c.), med. L. disordinatus.] Disordered, inordinate. —1456 Hay I. 291/12 (a disordinate lust or plesaunce). 1456 Ib. II. 32/29 (disordinate lechery). 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 34/24 (our disordinat cupidite). 1549 Ib. 82/29 (the disordinat auerisius affectione).
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