A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1563-1606
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Miraculous, a. Also: miracouluse, -uss. [e.m.E. maryculouss (1502), miraculus (c 1540), F. miraculeux, med. L. miraculosus.] a. Miraculous, wondrous. b. Having the power to work miracles. —a. 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 45.
How miraculous wes the victorie 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 32.
His Majesteis miracouluse … deliuerance 1606 Foulis Acc. Bk. xlviii.
His maist miracouluss and mercifull deliverance —b. 1596 Dalr. I. 334/3.
Baith quick and deid he was miraculous, canonizet [etc.]
