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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1573-1600
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Ineptia, Ineptie, n. [L. ineptiæ. late L. ineptiola.] Ineptitude; an example of this. — 1573 Bk. Univ. Kirk I. 289.
The Assembly thought good, it [a book] should be presented. He shifted saying, He could not produce his ineptias 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 134.
Wha dois not sie the ineptie and mere folie of this maner of argumenting
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