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Quotation dates: 1880
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¶DISEMAL, adj. Sc. form of Eng. dismal. Also used adv. as an intensive.Lnk. 1880 (2nd ed.) in Cld. Readings 96:
I wuz getting into a brown study anent the disemal feebleness o' human natur'.Lnk. 1880 (2nd ed.) in Cld. Readings 97:
Ye may mak' yoursel' disemal sure.
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