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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1661
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Gloriositie, n. [OF. gloriouseté] Assumption of importance; boastful bearing. — a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitland Folio MS xxix. 128.
I hait all schameles gloriositie a1570-86 Arbuthnot Maitland Folio MS xxx. 59.
Grave countenance is [regarded as] gloriositie 1622 Course of Conformitie 27 (J).
Their apparell, … fleshly pleasure, and gowkit gloriositie 1661 Baillie III. 457.
The great debt which Mr Gillespie's gloriositie has put on our poor house
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