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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1671
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Vinousnes, n. [18th c. Eng. vinousness (1727).] Addiction to wine, drunkenness. —1671 Moray Synod 150.
Mr. Walter Derge … somtym excommunicat for his vinousnes had leatly maried Alexander Abercrombie … with Elizabeth Innes