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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1645
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Miscomportment, n. [f. e.m.E. comportment (1599).] Misbehaviour, misconduct. —1645 Cuningham Journal 119.
Hoping … to reduce him to some sort of civility and sence of his former miscomportment
