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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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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: 1584-1585
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Inique, a. [e.m.E. (1521). OF., L. inīquus.] Unjust; iniquitous. — 1584 Knox III. 434.
I could not … be so inique to the … fame of the godly author 1585 Calderwood IV. 475.
Then hath your fact beene unlawfull, wrong, inique, treasonable
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"Inique adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 17 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/inique>
