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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1586
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Unmensfull, adj. [Cf. Mensfull adj. good-mannered, polite; but appar. put for Unmindful(l adj., indifferent to, heedless of.] —1586 Cal. Sc. P. IX 94.
[The Earl of Cranstoun has shown me your letter, in which you appear] not unmensfull [of my affairs]