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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Irrelevant, Irrilivant, n. [f. Irrelevant,a.] = Irrelevance, Irrelevancie. —1559 Admir. Ct. Bk. 124.
Alexander King … denyit the thrid and secund exceptionis peremptouris saufand the ineptitudis and irrilivantis thairof