A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1490-1570
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Imperfectioun, -ion(e, n. Also: imperfeccioune, inperfeccioun. [ME. imperfeccioun (c 1380), -fection, L. imperfectio.] Imperfection, defectiveness; a defect.c1420 Ratis Raving 703.
To knaw thi imperfeccioune 1490 Irland Mir. I. 110/16.
Sic thingis of ignorance and inperfeccioun1490 Irland Mir. I. 130/7.
Baith thai eldis [sc. old age and childhood] … betakynnis imperfeccioune 1532 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 231.
Be fragilite, negligens, and imperfectioun of knawlege I hes maid sindry … contractis 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 16/4.
To correct the imperfectione of ane comont veil 1570 Misc. Bann. C. I. 43.
Lennox and Hammiltoun whois imperfectiones are both notorious
