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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1499, 1628-1632
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Insensible, -ibill, adj. [ME. insensyble, -censible (c 1400).] Unfeeling; inappreciable. Also, incapable of being perceived by the senses. — 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 205 a.
Sene the ... fre arbiter of mannis saule ... is ... inuisible & insensible a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1169.
O hart of man mast hard and insensible That has na dreid of this dampnacioun 1628 J. Irving Bk. Dumbartonsh. II. 37.
Gif sche hes the devillis mark on her body quhairof scho is insensibill 1632 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 351.
That the samyn sould be done be litill and litill to the end the loss … may be … insensibill
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