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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1601
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Temerous, adj. [e.m.E. temerous (1535).] = Temerari(o)us adj. —1601 Reg. Privy C. VI 325.
[Issobell Leslie, Mistress of Sinclar … Gilbert Sinclar [etc.] … entered the tolbooth] in ane maist temerous and bragging maner [and violently took away the said Dowie]