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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1550
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(Valetude,) Valitude, n. [17th c. Eng. valitude (1623), L. valētudo.] Good health. — c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii 106.
Thair was worschip with welth and valitude … Thair was meiknes weil mixt with mansuetude
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