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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Feminat, a. [e.m.E. feminate (a 1533), L. fēminātus.] Effeminate. —a1578 Pitsc. I. 263/30.
As ane feminnat prince subdewit … be the allurment … of this wickit woman