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: 1533-1566
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Irremissebill, Irremyssibill, a. [ME. irremyssyble (1413), e.m.E. -missible (1543), L. irremissibilis, F. irrémissible.] Irremissible, unpardonable. —1533 Boece ii. xi. 8 b.
Thinking crime irremyssibill to maynswere the samyn 1558-66 Knox I. 430.
Now, gif the slauchter of an Cardinall be ane syn irremissebill, as thay thair selffis affirme
