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: 1558-1566
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Irreprehensible, a. [e.m.E. (1561) and ME. (Wyclif. 1382), late L., F.] Irreprehensible, irreproachable. —1558-66 Knox II. 191.
The apostill requyreth the lyif of ministeris to be so irreprehensible that [etc.]