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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1638-1639
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Sorbonick, adj. [F. sorbonique (late 16th c. in Larousse).] Redolent of the Sorbonne, ? passing into: Pedantic, overly scholastic or academic. — a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1655) 68.
He [sc. John Major] wrote the story of his countrey, howbeit in a sorbonick and barbarous style
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