A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512
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Prolixitnes, n. [Nonce form, f. Prolixt adj. Cf. 17th c. Eng. prolixness (1664).] = Prolixité n. (2). —c1500-c1512 Dunb. vii 83.
I lefe, for grete prolixitnes, To tell quhat feildis thou wan in Pikkardy
