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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Lewit-, Lewidnes, n. Also: lewyt-, lewyd- . [ME. lewednes(se (1362): cf. Lewdnes and Lawitnes.] a. Want of literary polish or skill. b. Depravity, dissolute behaviour. —1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 179.
Throw roytnes and ravyng that maid myne eyn reill, Thus lysnyt I, as losanger, syk lewydnes [Sm. lewidnes] to luke 1513 Ib. ix. Prol. 701.
Gyf ocht be weill, thank Virgil and nocht me; Quhar ocht is bad, … My lewytnes [Sm. lewitnes], I grant, hes all the wyte
