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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1519-1609
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Infamy,-ie,-ee, pl.-eis, n. [Late ME. infamye (1473), infamie, L. infāmia.] Infamy. — 1519 Buccleugh Mun. II. 136.
Under the paine of periur, infamie, [etc.] 1558-66 Knox II. 87.
Paul Meffen (to quhom was no infamie then knawin) a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS clxxii. 12.
Giff thow do nocht deserue That blot of infamee 1584 in Calderwood IV. 76.
Our bishops … whose infameis are seene … of ȝou all 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. i. 13.
[Perjured assisers] sall incurre the paine of infamie
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