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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Præfervid, adj. (L. præfervidus very hot, torrid, in the phrase præfervid Scots genius after Buchanan's Scotorum præfervida ingenia (Rerum Scot. Hist. XVI li), in more recent mod. L. as perfervidum ingenium Scotorum.) —1684 Lauder Observes 134.
They would verify the character of the præfervid Scots genius

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