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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1499, 1600-1699
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Etik, Eit(t)ik, n. [e.m.E. etyk(e, etik(e, OF. étique, L. hecticus.] A hectic fever. — a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1219.
Remembre caytiffis, full of cupidity, Ȝour birnand etik [v.r. eitik] of none suffisans 16.. Hist. Kennedy 66.
Scho being seik of the eittik
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