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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1552, 1640
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Sopour, Sapour, n. Also: sopir. [e.m.E. sopor (1658), L. sopor deep sleep, lethargy.] Extreme drowsiness, lethargy. Also fig. — 1533 Gau 46/20.
I haiff slepit and am fulfillit of sopir c1552 Lynd. Mon. 761.
God patt in Adam sic sapour That for to sleip he tuke plesour —fig. 1640 Baillie I 242.
To waken up the spirits of our own countrymen … if God have not given them over for their own destruction to a spirit of sopour
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