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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1499-1533
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Inexpert, a. [ME. (c 1450), L. inexpertus.] Inexperienced. —a1500 Bk. Chess 864.
Experiens … Dois more in battall … Than of a ȝoungar inexpert the hardynes 1513 Doug. x. xii. 156.
Valerus, … Nocht inexpert in douchty eldris dedis, Recontryt hym 1533 Bell. Livy II. 17/24.
The pepill … reft that new and inexpert auctorite fra oure predecessouris 1533 Boece iii. xx. 120.
Romanis inexpert of the ground na ferder persewit the flearis 1533 Ib. vi. viii. 202 b.
Sic barbare pepill inexpert in weris
