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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1490
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(Timidity,) Tymidité, n. [e.m.E. timiditie (1598), L. timiditas.] Timidity. — 1490 Irland Mir. III 17/23.
In that part [sc. the face] apperis sonest the hardines and tymidite that is the dreid of the persoune
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