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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1626
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Loth(e)sum, -som(e, Loithsum, a. [e.m.E. and ME. lothesum; cf. Lathesum a.] Hateful, odious. — 1570 Satirical Poems xi. 6.
My lothsum lyfe I may lament a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xlvi. 54.
And lothsum [F. -some] is the lot of the elect c1590 Fowler I. 80/81.
Ould, harie, lothesom, crooked age 1622-6 Bisset II. 188/31.
Sic weir and loithsum hostilitie
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