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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1595
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Lethargique, a. [e.m.E. (1612), L.lēthargicus, F. léthargique.] Lethargic, drowsy. fig. —1595 James VI Lett. (Camden Soc.) 111.
Hou can I uonder aneuch that ye, quho … neuer uearied … to foruairne me of my perrell … should nou, in the uerrie heicht of rypenesse thairof, be fallen in so lethargique a sleip as [etc.]
