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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1556-1561

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Vinolent, adj. [ME and e.m.E. vynolent (Wyclif), vinolent (Chaucer), L. vīnolent-.] Given to drinking an excessive amount of wine, drunken. —1556 Lauder Off. Kings 286.
Ȝe sulde nocht chuse vnto that cure Ane vinolent nor wod pasture a1561 Norvell Meroure 56a.
Of that his father, followed and went After God Bacchus, in cheris vinolent

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