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: 1499-1500
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Irrationabill, a. [e.m.E. -able (1583), late L. irratiōnābilis.] = Irrationall. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 389 (Ch.).
Thocht brutall beistis be irrationabill [: naturall]