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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SUBDOLENT, adj. Crafty, subtly deceitful.Sc. 1721 R. Wodrow Sufferings iii. v. s. 4:
The subdolent Fetches and Cunning used, to carry them off their Feet.

[For Eng. subdolous, id., due to confusion of Lat. dolus, fraud, with dolere, dolent-, be painful. Elsewhere Wodrow uses subdolous.]

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