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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1575
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Immoderatenes, n. [e.m.E. (1579).] Want of moderation; excess. —1575 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 335.
That thair [sc. the ministers'] haill habite be of grave collour, … that the good word of God be … thair immoderatenes be not slanderit