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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1488-1533, 1591
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Displesere, -pleseir, n. Also: -plessere, -plesare, -pleaser. [Late ME. dys-, displaisir (Caxton), OF. desplaisir.] = Displesour.1488 Acts II. 213/2.
For the displessere done be him 1492 Myll Spectakle of Luf 278/18.
Progenye for displesare scho had at hir lord Teryus cuttit hir sone in pecis 1531 Bell. Boece I. 31.
What displeseir sal we do to our ennimes, gif we do sic importabil schame to our prince? 1533 Id. Livy II. 147/19.
Quhay doutis bot our inemyis sall … with brym haterent revenge our displesseris? 1591 Waus Corr. II. 476.
He departit this lyffe to the grit regrait and displeaser of all his freindis
