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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1499
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Tediosité, n. [Late ME and 17th c. Eng. tediouste (Lydgate), tediosity (1612), OF tedieusete.] Tediousness. — a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 315 (Asl.).
Corporale fude has nocht that qualite Of quhilk the abstynence causis appetite And of the taist followis tediosite, A man takis leth quhar he had air delyte
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